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SCRIPTURE PROOFS 

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SCRIPTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS 



OF THE DAILY 



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OF THE 

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 

WITH NOTES. 

BY THE 

REY. BENJAMIN" HALE D.D. 



Not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, hut which the Holy Ghost teach- 
eth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. — 1 Cor. ii. 13. 



NEW YORK: 

General Protestant 2£jnscopal S. School Wtnion, 
autr (frfyuxzli 33ooft Society, 

762 BROADWAY. 
1860. 



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PEEFACE. 



The design of this little book is to give a scriptural illus- 
tration and defence of the daily service of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. The plan is simple, and will be at once 
seen upon inspection. The Liturgy is given, sentence by 
sentence in one column, and side by side with it, in another, 
passages of Holy Scripture. 

Some of these scripture passages are introduced to vindicate 
the language of the Liturgy, by showing how closely it ad- 
heres to that of revelation — others to illustrate its meaning — 
others to prove its doctrines — others to enforce its pious senti- 
ments — and others to exhibit the promises, upon which its 
supplications are grounded. 

The Liturgy is often spoken of as scriptural, and the pal- 
pable method, which is here adopted, to exhibit its scriptural 
character, will show it to be as deserving of that praise, as 
its warmest eulogists have dared to aver. The language and 
the sentiments of the word of God must have been perfectly 
familiar to its authors. In preparing the prayers and offices 
of the Church, they have evidently drawn upon ample stores 
of biblical knowledge, which had been laid up in their minds, 
and wrought by devout meditation, into the various uses of 
prayer, and praise, and instruction. They always give a just 
preference to the language of scripture, but they show evi- 
dently, that in their study of God's word, they have not 



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profltted, to use the language of the Homilies, merely by be- 
coming "ready in turning of the book, or in saying of it 
without the book,*' but by being "turned into it." The word 
of God is the great mine, from which the Liturgy has been 
derived, and much of the ore has been used almost in its native 
state. Masses, nearly untouched by human art, have been 
piled up in constructing the services of the sanctuary, like 
the stones of the altar, upon which no tool was to be lifted up. 
Ex. 20 : 26. 

It is sometimes said — and there are a thousand such re- 
marks, which would not obtain currency, if men were as 
wary of false representations, as of false coin, and had as 
much conscience in uttering spurious opinions, as spurious 
bank notes, — that the Liturgy is tinctured with Eomanism. 
Let it be carefully examined, and what passage can be found 
in it, for which the Bible does not contain a voucher. A por- 
tion of it is here presented, with the vouchers conveniently 
arranged for the. comparison, and the rest, which was con- 
ceived and executed in the same spirit, and by the same 
minds, may be sustained in the same way. Some of our 
offices we have indeed derived from ancient times, through 
the Romish Church ; but what then ? It is possible for water 
to flow through a leaden pipe, without contracting any of its 
poison. The Greek and Romish Churches are in the line 
between us and the primitive times, and whatever has come 
to us from those times, has come through them ; and what 
hinders, that that, which they have not corrupted, should 
retain its original purity and value ? !N"o protestant refuses 
to nourish his devotional feelings by the study of Fenelon or 
a Kempis, although they were both faithful sons of the Papal 
Church. Why then should it be thought that our service is 
but imperfectly reformed, because the Prayer Book, and a 
Roman missal may happen to have borrowed in some in- 
stances, the same prayer from an ancient Liturgy ? — " To the 
law and to the testimony." If it be the characteristic priii- 



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ciple of protestantism to make the Bible the only standard of 
religious truth, and to derive its faith and its worship from 
this source, then may our church challenge to itself the merit 
of being as thoroughly protestant as any on earth. But if 
the rule be, to recede as far as possible from the religion of 
Rome, we readily yield the precedence to those, who have not 
yet done with reforming, and never will, till, having swept 
away all those fundamental doctrines, which Rome holds in 
common with evangelical protestants, and every thing, which 
is peculiar in Christianity, they reform the gospel of the Son 
of God into simple deism. 

A scriptural illustration of the Liturgy then, may serve to 
repel the false accusations of those, who do not love it ; may 
it not also serve to render the use of it more profitable to 
those who do ? No mode of studying the Bible is so fruitful, 
as that of comparing Scripture with Scripture, and no mode 
of illustrating our eminently scriptural Liturgy, for the pur- 
pose of practical improvement, can be better than by Scrip- 
ture texts. No words are so rich as those "which the Holy 
Ghost teacheth." JSTo proof of Christian doctrine can be so 
satisfactory, as the declaration of God ; — faith can rest se- 
curely nowhere, but on his promises ; — and in no way can the 
conditions of acceptance with him, and the limitations of his 
promises, be so well secured from misapprehension or cavil, as 
by appealing directly to the charter which contains them. 
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profita- 
ble for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in 
righteousness : that the man of God may be perfect, thorough- 
ly furnished unto all good works," and it has been the effort 
of the author of this little work, to make the Scriptures, which 
he has selected, serve appropriately all these valuable ends. 

The value of a liturgy, in maintaining steadfastness and 
purity of doctrine, has been often spoken of, and with perfect 
justice. " Wo to the church," said an eminent servant of God,* 



* Bucliannau. 



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« winch has not an evangelical liturgy," If the entire direc- 
tion and preparation of the devotions of the sanctuary be left 
to the minister, they must, in a great measure, take their 
shape from the predominant feelings and mental habits of the 
man, the peculiarities of the sect to which he belongs, and the 
state of theological controversy in the times, in which ho 
lives, and if they be strictly extemporaneous, they will have 
this defect in an eminent degree. This is not conjecture. 
"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." 
To say nothing of faults, which spring from the peculiarities 
of the individual, how often are prayers heard, the drift of 
which seems to be determined by some new thought, or old 
one newly exhumed, wherewith the talent of some aspirant 
for distinction has contrived to agitate the religious world, or 
from some new view, which has suddenly burst into the mind 
of the individual, and is at least as likely after examination, 
to prove false as true. How often is extemporaneous prayer 
cast in the mould of some favorite leader in theological con- 
troversy. How often is Coleridge prayed, how often Taylor, 
how often Edwards, how often some talented new-measure- 
man. Extemporary prayer must often prove an auxiliary to 
error, for the mind, which has conceived a heresy, will be as 
likely to utter it in prayer, as in a sermon. A Pelagian or 
Antinomian tinge in the heart and understanding will com- 
municate itself to the utterance of the heart in prayer. 
"Qualecunque est cor hominis," says Erasmus,* "talis est 
• oratio. Qui cor habet terrenum, terrena loquitur ; qui cor 
habet carneum, carnalia, loquitur ; qui diabolum habet in 
corde, diabolum loquitur, et eum aliis afflat." — There is good 
reason to believe, that heretical or enthusiastic opinions may 
be more effectually propagated, by men of ordinary powers, 
in prayer, than in sermons, and indeed, that they are, as 
matter of fact, more generally prayed than preached into 



*Ecclesiastes, Lib. I. 



repute. The mind of the hearer is subdued by an appearance 
of high devotional fervor, — he cannot coolly sit in judgment, 
when carried, as in prayer, directly into the presence of the 
Judge of all, and he therefore receives, with imperfect dis- 
crimination, all that comes, the piety and the fanaticism, the 
truth and the heresy. It cannot be told how much we owe 
to our scriptural and evangelical Liturgy, — which is the 
same, whosoever reads it, and in every age, — in keeping us 
right, or bringing us back when we have departed from the 
simple truth in Jesus Chiist. It defends us from the errors, 
which unsound teachers might propagate in their prayers, 
and it refutes the heresies of their sermons. The experience 
of the Christian world has demonstrated, again and again, 
that creeds adopted voluntarily by religious bodies can do 
little in preserving religious truth. But when the truths of 
religion are interwoven with our offices of devotion, and our 
creed is contained in our prayers, and they are fixed, we are 
subjected to an influence, which, though gentle, is, through 
the blessing of God, powerful in its influence, to draw us into 
the right way. The teachings of the Liturgy come in a favor- 
able time, and gently form the mind, softened by reverence 
of the divine presence, into all the lineaments of heavenly 
truth. 

It is not the purpose of the author to make, in this place, a 
defence of the Liturgy, but to show, by the view here given, 
the necessity of a just and scriptural interpretation of it, and 
to vindicate the design of his little work. Of its execution, 
others must judge. Should it meet with favor, and in the 
judgment of others promise to be useful, he will attempt the 
illustration of other parts of the prayer book, in a similar 
way. 

Hanover, JST. H., July 20, 1835. 



THE ORDER FOR DAILY 



MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER. 



The Minister shall begin the Morning [and Evening] prayer, by reading one or 
more of the following sentences of Scripture.* 



The Lord is in his holy 
temple ; let all the earth 
keep silence before him. 
Hab. 2 : 20. 

From the rising of the 
sun even unto the going 
down of the same, my 
name shall be great 
among the Gentiles ; and 
in every place incense 
shall be offered unto my 
name and a pure offer 
ing ; for my name shall 
be great among the hea 
then, saith the Lord of 
hosts. Mai. 1 : 11. 

Let the words of my 
mouth, and the medita 
tions of my heart, be 
always acceptable in 



Almighty Lord of Lords, and King 
of Kings, give me a deep sense of 
thy presence, and he]p me to wor- 
ship thee with reverence and godly 
fear. Let every vain imagination 
and every worldly thought, be 
silenced, that I may serve thee 
without distraction, and mercifully 
assist me to offer to thee the incense 
of a pure heart, and to magnify thy 
name, with my lips in the praises of 
thy house, and at all times by obe- 
dience to thy commands. Grant this, 
•I beseech thee, through Jesus Christ, 
our Lord.t 



Almighty God, the preparation of 
the heart, and the answer of the 
tongue, are from thee. Let, I be- 
seech thee, the meditations of my 
heart and the words of my mouth, 



*See note a, at the end of the volume, on the Sentences and Preparation 
for Worship. 

f The sentences are here turned into prayers, for the private use of wor- 
shipers upon their entrance into church. See note A, just referred to. 



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thy sight, O Lord, my 
Strength and my Re- 
deemer. Ps. 19 : 14. 

"When the wicked man 
turneth away from his 
wickedness that he hath 
committed, and doeth 
that which is lawful 
and right, he shall save 
his soul alive. Ezek. 18 : 
27. 



I acknowledge my 
transgressions ; and my 
sin is ever before me. 
Ps. 51 : 3. 

Hide thy face from 
my sins ; and blot out 
all mine iniquities. Ps. 
51 : 9. 

The sacrifices of God 
are a broken spirit : a 
broken and a contrite 
heart, O God, thou wilt 
not despise. Ps. 51 : 17. 

Rend your heart and 
not your garment, and 
turn unto the Lord your 
God ; for he is gracious 
and merciful, slow to 
anger and of great kind- 
ness, and repenteth him 
of the evil. Joel 2: 13. 



be acceptable in thy sight, through 
Jesus Christ, my Strength and my 
Redeemer. 

Most gracious God, give me grace 
to turn from all the wickedness 
which I have committed by thought, 
word and deed, against thy divine 
Majesty, and henceforth to walk in 
the ways of thy laws and in the 
works of thy commandments, Here 
in the worship of thy house, I be- 
seech thee to meet me with supplies 
of spiritual strength, and to quicken 
me to newness of life, through him, 
who is the resurrection and the life, 
thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

Almighty God, I do not come to 
thy house trusting for acceptance 
before thee, in my own righteousness, 
but in thy manifold and great mer- 
cies. I acknowledge my transgres- 
sions, and my sin is ever before me. 
Hide thy face from my sins, I be- 
seech thee, and blot out all mine 
iniquities. Lift up thy countenance 
upon me, and send me help from thy 
sanctuary, through him who is the 
propitiation for the sins of all men, 
thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

(3 God, and merciful Father, who 
despisest not the sighings of a con- 
trite heart, mercifully assist me in 
the offerings which I now make unto 
thee. Create and make in me a new 
and contrite heart, that, worthily 
lamenting my sins, and acknowledg- 
ing my wretchedness, I may obtain 
of thee, who art gracious and merci- 
ful, slow to anger and of great kind- 
ness, perfect remission and forgive- 
ness, through my only Mediator and 
Advocate, Jesus Christ, our Lord. 



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To the Lord our God 
belong mercies and for- 
givenesses, though we 
have rebelled against 
him ; neither have we 
obeyed the voice of the 
Lord our God, to walk 
in his laws, which he set 
before us. Pan. 9 : 9, 10. 

O Lord, correct me, 
but with judgment ; not 
in thine anger, lest thou 
bring me to nothing. 
Jer. 10 : 24. Ps. 6 : 1. 

Repent ye, for the 
kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. St. Matt. 3 : 2. 



I will arise and go to 
my Father, and will say 
unto him : Father, I have 
sinned against heaven 
and before thee, and am 
no more worthy to be 
called thy son. St. Luke 
15': 18, 19. 

Enter not into judg- 
ment with thy servant 
O Lord, for in thy sight 
shall no man living be 
justified. Ps. 143 : 2. 

If we say, that we 
have no sin, we deceive 



Most gracious God and Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, blessed be 
thy name, that, although I have 
rebelled against thee, and have not 
obeyed thy voice to walk in thy 
laws, which thou hast set before me, 
I may yet venture to draw near to 
thee, for to thee belong mercies and 
forgivenesses. I beseech thee, cor- 
rect me with judgment ; not in thine 
anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. 
Create in me a clean heart, and here 
in this holy temple, let me rind the 
joy of thy salvation, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Almighty God, give me that re- 
pentance which is unto life. Turn 
me and I shall be turned ; and pre- 
pare me by the life-giving influences 
of thy Holy Spirit to serve thee truly 
in thy holy Church here on earth, 
and hereafter among the redeemed 
in heaven, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, to whom be glory forever. 

Most merciful God and Father, I 
have sinned against thee, and am no 
more worthy to be called thy son. 
But of thy great mercy admit me, I 
beseech thee, to an humble place in 
thy house, and feed me with the 
bread which came down from hea- 
ven, that I may eat thereof and not 
die. Mercifully hear me, for Christ's 
sake. 

O Lord, enter not into judgment 
with thy servant, for in thy sight 
shall no man living be justified. I 
confess my sins, and I beseech thee, 
who art faithful and just, to forgive 
the sins of such as confess and for- 
sake them, to forgive my sins and to 
cleanse me from all unrighteousness. 



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ourselves, and the truth is 
not in us ; but if we con- 
fess our sins, he is faith- 
ful and just to forgive us 1 
our sins, and to cleanse 
us from all unrighteous- 
ness. 1 John 1 : 8, 9. 



Hear me gracious God and Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ ; create in me 
a clean heart, and make me an ac- 
ceptable worshiper in thy holy tem- 
ple, through him who died for us and 
rose again, thy Son, our Saviour, Je- 
sus Christ. 



T Then the Minister shall say, 

Dearly beloved breth- 
ren, 

the Scripture moveth us, 
in sundry places, to ac- 
knowledge and confess* 



our manifold 
wickedness, 



and 



and that we should not 
dissemble 

nor cloak them 



Phil. '4: 1. Therefore my brethren, 
dearly beloved, &c. 

Ps. 32 : 5. / acknowledge my sin 
unto thee, and mine iniquity have I 
not hid. I said, I will confess my 
transgressions unto the Lord, and 
thou forgavest the iniquity of my 
sin. 

1 John 1 : 8, 9. If we say that 
we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us ; but if we 
confess our sins, he is faithful and 
just to forgive us our sins, and to 
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Amos 5 : 12. For I know your 
manifold transgressions and your 
mighty sins, 

Job 13 : 23. How many are mine 
iniquities and sins ! 

Josh. 7 : 11. Israel hath sinned, 
and they have also transgressed .my 
covenant, and have dissembled also. 

John 15 : 22. But now they have 
no cloak for their sins. 

Prov. 28 : 13. He that covereth his 
sins, shall not prosper : but whoso 
confesseth and forsaketh them, shall 
find mercy. 



* Nothing is to be gotten from God by standing in our innocency. 
way is, to confess our limits." — Comber. 



The 



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before the face of Al- 
mighty God, 



our heavenly Father, 

but confess them 
■with an humble, 



lowly, 



penitent, 



and obedient heart 



to the end, that we may 



Lam. 2 : 19. Pour out thine heart 
like water before the face of the Lord. 

2 Chr. 7 : 14. If my people, which 
are called by my name, shall hum- 
ble themselves, and pray, and seek 
my face, and turn from their wicked 
ways, then will I hear from heaven, 
and will forgive their sins. 

Matt. 6 : 26. And yet your hea- 
venly Father feedeth them. 

[See above.] 

Matt. 18 : 4. Whosoever therefore 
shall humble himself as this little 
child, the same is greatest in the 
kingdom of heaven. 

James 4 : 10. Humble yourselves 
therefore in the sight of God, and 
he shall lift you up. 

Ps. 138 : 6. Though the Lord be 
high, yet hath he respect unto the 
lowly. 

Prov. 3 : 34. He giveth grace unto 
the lowly. 

Luke 13 : 3. Except ye repent, ye 
shall all likewise perish. 

Acts 5 : 31. Him hath God exalted 
to give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. 

1 Sam. 15 : 22. Behold to obey is 
better than sacrifice. 

Rom 6 : 17. But God be thanked, 
that ye were the servants of sin, 
but ye have obeyed from the heart, 
that form of doctrine which was 
delivered you. 

Eph. 6 : 6. Not with eye-service 
as men pleasers, but as the servants 
of Christ, doing the will of God 
from the heart. 

1 John 1 : 9. If we confess our 



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obtain forgiveness of the 
same, 



by bis infinite goodness 
and mercy. 



And although, we ought 
at all times humbly to 
acknowledge our sins 
before God, 

yet ought we chiefly so 
to do, when we assemble 
and meet together* 



sins, he is faithful and just to forgive 
us our sins. 

Eph. 1:7. In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, according to the 
riches of his grace. 

Ps. 23 : 6. Surely goodness and 
mercy shall follow me all the days 
of my life. 

Ps. 103 : 17. The mercy of the 
Lord is from everlasting to ever- 
lasting upon them, that fear him. 

Ps. 51 : 3. I acknowledge my 
transgression and my sin. is ever 
before me. 

Ps. 62 : 8. Trust in him at all times 
ye people ; pour out your heart be- 
fore him. 

Ezra 10 : 11 Now therefore make 
confession unto the Lord God of your 
fathers. 

Neh. 9 : 2. And the seed of Israel 
separated themselves from all stran- 
gers, and stood and confessed their 
sins, and the iniquities of their 
fathers. 

Lev. 16 : 21. And Aaron shall 
lay both his hands on the head of 
the live goat, and confess over him 
all the iniquities of the children of 
Israel, and all their transgressions 
in all their sins.t 

[See also the confessions contained 
in the Psalms, the singing or re- 



* Here are set forth very distinctly the principal parts of public worship, 
confession, thanksgiving, praise, hearing God's word, and supplication. 
The texts collected upon the passage now before us, exhibit confession made 
at public worship. 

f The sin-offerings and trespass-offerings of the Jews implied, and indeed 
were accompanied, with confession, expressed in these words : " I have 
sinned, I have done iniquity, I have trespassed, I have done thus and thus, 
<ind do return by repentance before thee, and with this I make atonement. 5 ' 
Home's Introd. II. 284. 



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to render thanks for the 
great benefits, that we 
have receive d at his 
hands, 

to set forth his most 
worthy praise, 



to hear his most holy 
word,* 



and to ask those things, 
which are requisite and 
necessary, 



citing of which, has, in every age, 
made a part of the public worship 
of the church. See particularly 
the 'penitential Psalms, 6 : 32 : 38 : 
51 : 102 : 130 : 143.] 

Ps. 35 : 18. I will give thanks in 
the great congregation. 

Ps. 95 : 2. Let us come before his 
presence ivith thanksgiving. 

Ps. 100 : 4. Enter his gates with 
thanksgiving, and his courts with 
praise. 

Ps. 18 : 3. I will call upon the 
Lord, who is worthy to be praised. 

1 Chr. 29 : 10. Wherefore David 
blessed the Lord before all the congre- 
gation, and David said, Blessed be 
thou, Lord God of Israel, our Father, 
forever and ever. 

Deut. 31 : 11. When all Israel is 
come to appear before the Lord thy 
God, in the place which he shall 
choose, thou shalt read his law before 
all Israel in their hearing. 

Acts 15 : 21. For Moses of old 
time, hath in every city them that 
preach him, being read in the syna- 
gogues every Sabbath day. 

1 Thess. 5 : 27. I charge you by 
the Lord, that this epistle be read 
unto all the holy brethren. [See also, 
Col. 4 : 16, and Acts 13 : 15.] 

Acts 1 : 14. These all continued 
with one accord in prayer and sup- 



*The reading of the word of God, constitutes a very considerable portion 
of the public worship of our church. If it is the sword of the Spirit, (Eph. 
6 : 17.,) do we read it too much ? " There is nothing, (says the excellent 
Homily, on the reading- of Holy Scripture,) that more maintaineth godliness 
of mind, and driveth away ungodliness, than doth the continual reading or 
hearing of God's word, if it be joined with a godly mind, and a good affec- 
tion to know and follow God's will." 



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as well for the body, 



as the soul. 



Wherefore I pray and 
beseech you, as many as 
are here present, 



Phil. 4:6. Be careful for nothing ; 
but in every thing by prayer and 
supplication, let your requests be 
made known unto God. 

Matt. 6 : 11. Give us this day our 
daily bread. 

for domestic prosperity ; Ps. 144 : 12. 
for success in our labors ; Ps. 94 : 
17. 

for deliverance from danger ; 2 

Kings 19 : 20. 
for things convenient for us ; Prov. 

3 : 8, 9. 

for deliverance from affliction; 2 

Cor. 12 : 9. 
for restoration of health ; Acts 28 : 

8. James 5 : 14, 1 5. 
for rain ; Jas. 5 : 18. Zach. 10 : 1. 
for rulers, and for public peace ; 1 

Tim. 2 : 2. Ezra 6:10. 
Ps. 51. Create in me a clean heart, 
O God, and renew a right spirit with- 
in me. 

for the Holy Spirit ; Luke 11 : 13. 

Ps. 51 : 11. 
for forgiveness of sins ; Luke 11 : 

4. Ps. 51 : 1, <fcc. 
for the divine favor ; Ps. 51 : 12 ; 

27 : 9. 

for religious joy ; Ps. 51 : 8. 

for wisdom ; James 1 : 5. 

for increase of faith ; 1 Thess. 3 : 

10. Luke 17 : 5. 
for increase of love ; 1 Thess. 3 : 12. 
for increase of holiness ; 1 Thess. 

3 : 13. 

for Christian boldness ; Acts 4 : 24. 

for sanctifcation ; 1 Thess. 5 : 23. 

2 Cor. 5 : 20. We pray you, in 
Christ's stead. 

1 Cor. 4:16. I beseech you, be ye 
followers of me. 



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to accompany me, with 
a pure heart, 



Matt. 5 : 8. Blessed are the 'pure in 
heart, for they shall see God. 

Mai. 1 : 11. Incense shall be of- 
fered unto my name, and a pure offer- 
ing. 

Prov. 15 : 8. The sacrifice of the 
wicked is an abomination to the 
Lord; but the prayer of the upright is 
his delight. 

Ps. 142 : 1. I cried unto the Lord 
with my voice; with my voice unto the 
Lord, did I make my supplication. 

Ps. 9 : 12. He forgetteth not the 
cry of the humble. 

Heb. 6 : 16. Let us therefore come 
boldly to the throne of grace, that we 
may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
help in time of need. 

T A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, 
all kneeling. \ 



and humble voice.* 



unto the throne of the 
heavenly grace, saying: 



Almighty 
and most merciful 



Father. 



We have erred 

and strayed from thy 
ways like lost sheep. 



Gen. 17 : 1. I am the Almightv. 

Ex. 34 : 6. The Lord God, merci- 
ful and gracious, long-suffering, and 
abundant in goodness and truth, 
keeping mercy for thousands, for- 
giving iniquity, transgression and 
sin. 

Pom. 8 : 15. For ye have not 
received the spirit of bondage, again 
to fear ; but ye have received the 
spirit of adoption, whereby we crv 
Abba I FatJier! 

1 Sam. 26 : 21. / have erred ex- 
ceedingly. 

Is. 53 : 6. All we like sheep have 
astray ; we have turned every 



* Humble, bat not inaudible. 

f Ps. 95 : 6. come, let us worship and bow down ; and kneel before the 
Lord our Maker. Acts 21 : 5. And we kneeled down on the shore and 
prayed. 

2 



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We have followed too 
much the devices and 
desires of our own hearts. 



"We have offended a- 
gainst thy holy laws. 



We have left undone 
those things which we 
on^ht to have done : 



one to his own way. 

1 Pet. 2 : 25. For ye were as 
sheep going astray ; but are now re- 
turned unto the Shepherd and Bishop 
of your souls. 

Prov. 19 : 21. There are many 
devices in a man's heart, but the coun- 
sel of the Lord shall stand. 

Jer. 18 : 12. And they said, there 
is no hope ; but we will walk after 
our own devices, and we will every 
one do the imagination of his evil 
heart 

Eph. 2 : 3. Fulfilling the desires 
of the flesh and of the mind. 



For in many things 

Wherefore the law is 
commandment holy, 



James 3 : 2. 
we offend all. 

Rom. 7 : 12. 
holy, and the 
just and good. 

James 2 : 10. Whosoever shall 
keep the whole law, and yet offend 
in one point, he is guilty of all. 

Matt. 23 : 23. These things ougU 
ye to have done, and not to leave the 
other undone. 

Matt. 25 : 42. I was an hungered, 
and ye gave me no meat ; I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink ; 
I was a stranger, and ye took me 
not in ; naked, and ye clothed me 
not ; sick, and in prison, and ye vis- 
ited me not.* 



* Most men, when told that they are sinners, are inclined to ask what they 
have done, forgetting the guilt of not doing. A thousand causes which par- 
take not at all of the nature of holiness, may keep us from gross sin, while 
nothing hut the love of God can keep us active in the performance of Chris- 
tian duties. Hence, if a man would know how he stands with God, let him 
consider what he has left undone. We see in this passage from Matt. 25, 
that the condemnation of those upon the left hand of the J udge, proceeded 
upon their sins of omission^ 



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Matt, 22 : 21. Render to God the 
things that are God's.* 

Matt, 22 : 37. Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. 

1 John 5 : 3. This is the love of 
God, that we keep his command- 
ments. 

Acts 5 : 29. "We ought to obey 
God rather than man. 

Ps. 119 : 11. Thy word have I 
hid in my heart that 1 might not 
sin against thee. 

Exod. 20 ; 3. Thou shalt have no 
other gods before me. 

Matt. 10: 37. He that loveth father 
or mother more than me, is not 
worthy of me. 

Col. 3 : 5. Covetoiisness, which is 
idolatry, 

Ex. 20 : 8. Remember the Sab- 
bath day to keep it holy. 

Is. 58: 13. If thou turn away thy 
foot from the Sabbath, from doing 
thy pleasure on my holy day ; and 
call the Sabbath a delight, the 
holy of the Lord, honorable ; and 
shalt honor him, not doing thine 
own ways, nor finding thine own 
pleasure, nor speaking thine own 
words ; then shalt thou delight thy- 
self in the Lord, &c. 

Ex. 20 : 12. Honor thy father and 
thy mother. 

Rom. 12 : 12. Patient in tribula- 
tion. 



* In the opinion of many, it is enough to " render to Caesar the things 
that are Caesar's." They think much of their civil and social duties, nothing 
of piety to God. 



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1 Thess. 5 : 17. Pray without 
ceasing. 

Matt. 23 : 29. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 

1 John 3:17. Whoso hath this 
world's goods, and seeth his brother 
have need, and shutteth his bowels 
of compassion from him : how dwel- 
leth the love of God in him.* 

Matt. 5 : 44. Love your enemies. 

Mark 11 : 25. Forgive, if ye have 
ought against any, that your Father 
also, which is in heaven, may forgive 
you your trespasses. 

1 Cor. 13 : 4. Charity suffereth 
long and is kind. 

Bona. 12 : 10. In honor preferring 
one another. 

And we have done those James 3:10. My brethren, these 
things which we ought things might not so to be. 

not to have done ; Ex - 20 : 7 - Tnou slialt not take 

the name of the Lord thy God in 
vain. 

Ex. 6 : 13. Thou shalt not kill. 

Matt. 5 : 21, 22. Ye have heard that 
it hath been said by them of old 
time, Thou shalt not kill ; but I 
say unto you, whosoever is angry 
with his brother without a cause, 
shall be in danger of the judgment. 

1 John 3 : 17. Whosoever hateth 
his brother is a murderer. 

Ex. 20 : 14. Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery. 

Matt. 5: 28. I say unto you, who- 
soever looketh on a woman to 
lust after her, hath committed 
adultery with her already in his 
heart. 



* And a fortiori, how dwelleth the lore of God in him, who can look upon 
the spiritual wants of men, and shut up his bowels of compassion from 
them. 



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I Ex. 20 : 15. Thou shalt not steal. 

1 Thess. 4 : 6. Let no man go beyond 
and defraud his brother. 

Ex. 20 : 16. Thou shalt not bear 
false witness against thy neighbor. 

James 4 : 11. Speak not evil one of 
another, brethren. 

Prov. 26 : 20. Where there is no 
talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 

Ex. 20 : 17. Thou shalt not covet 
thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his 
manservant nor his maidservant, nor 
his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that 
is thy neighbor's. 

Rom. 12 : 17. Recompense to no 
man evil for evil. 

Rom. 12 : 21. Be not overcome of 
evil. 

Eph. 4 : 29. Let no corrupt com- 
munication proceed out of your mouth 
but that which is good to the use of 
edifying, that it may minister gra.ce 
to the hearers, 

And there is no health Isa. 1 : 5. The whole Jiead is swk 
in us.* an d ^e whole heart faint. 

Ps. 119 : 155. Health is far froih 
the ungodly. [Psalter.] 
But thou, O Lord, have Ps. 86 : 16. O turn unto me, and 
mercy upon us, miser- have mercy wpon me. 

able offenders. ¥ att 18 : l3 - God he merci f ld to ™ 

a sinner. 



* Symptoms of spiritual disease. 1. Decay of spiritual appetite, when 
the soul doth not hunger and thirst after righteousness, and desire the sin- 
cere milk of the word. 2. An ill digestion, when the word doth not enlighten 
us, nor prayer spiritualize us, nor sacraments engage us, nor reproof amend 
us, when mercies do not quicken our love, but increase our security, when 
afflictions do not bring us to repentance, but fill us with discontent. 3. A 
languor and disability in tbe faculties of our souls for the discharge of the 
several parts of God's services. 4. A superfluity of humors, as the choler 
of passion, the phlegm of sloth, the sanguine of levity and voluptuousness. 
— (Abridged from Comber.) 



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Spare thou those, O God 

who confess their faults. 
Restore thou* . 



those who are penitent ; 



according to thy prom 
ises, declared unto man 
kind, in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. 

And grant, O most mer 
ciful Father, for his sake; 



Rev. 3:17. Wretched, and misera- 
ble, and poor, and blind, and naked. 

Ps. 39 : 13. spare me, that I may 
recover strength, before I go hence 
and be no more. 

Prov. 28 : 13. Whoso confesseth and 
forsaketh his sins, shall find mercy. 

Ps. 51 : 12. Restore unto me the 
joy of thy salvation. 

Ps. 23 : 3. He restoreth my soul, 
he leadeth me in the paths of right- 
eousness for his name's sake. 

Luke 15 : 10. There is joy in the 
presence of the angels of God over 
one sinner that repenteth. 

2 Cor. 7 : 10, 11. Godly sorrow 
worketh repentance to salvation, but 
the sorrow of the world worketh 
death. For behold this selfsame 
thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly 
sort,t what carefulness it wrought in 
you ! yea, what clearing of yourselves! 
yea, what indignation! yea, what/ear/ 
yea, what vehement desire ! yea, what 
zeal! yea, what revenge ! 

2 Cor. 1 : 20. For all the promises 
of God in him, are yea, and in him 
amen, to the glory of God by us. 

John 14 : 13. Whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I do ; that 
the Father may be glorified in the 
Son. 

Eph. 4 : 32. Be ye kind one to 
another, tender hearted, forgiving one 



* " If a truly pious man were sure never to smart for sin, by any positive 
evil, the bare privation of the divine love would be intolerable, and its 
suspension a grievous burden, and he that truly calls God, Father, will 
not be satisfied without a restoring to his favor, which sin had deprived 
him oV— Comber. 

f Observe here the signs of a " godly sorrow," or true repentance. 



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that we may hereafter 
life a godly, righteous 
and sober life ; 



To the glory of thy holy 
name. 
Amen. 



another, even as God for Christ's sake, 
hath forgiven yon. 

Titus 2:11, 12. For the grace of 
God, which bringeth salvation, hath 
appeared unto all men, teaching us, 
that, denying ungodliness and world- 
ly lusts, we should live soberly, right' 
eously and godly in this present world. 

Col. 1 : 11. Strengthened with all 
might, according to his glorious pow- 
er. 

1 Pet. 2 : 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy 
nation, a peculiar people, that ye would 
show forth the praises of Aim, who hath 
called you out of darkness into his 
marvelous light. 

John 5 : 8. Herein is my Father 
glorified that ye bear much fruit. 

^j" The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins ; to be made by the Priest 
alone, standing, the People still kneeling. 



Almighty God, the 
Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, 

who desireth not the 
death of a sinner, but 
rather that he turn from 
his wickedness and live, 



hath given power and 
commandment to his 
ministers, to declare and 
pronounce to his people, 
being penitent, the Ab 
solution, and Remission 
of their sins.* 



Rom. 15 : 6. That ye may with 
one mouth glorify God, even the Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ezek. 33 : 11. Say unto them, as I 
live, saith the Lord, / have no plea- 
sure in the death of the wicked, but that 
the wicked turn from his way and live. 

Rev. 20 : 14. And death and hell 
were cast into the lake of fire. This 
is the second death. 

1 Cor. 4:1. Let a man so account 
of us, as of the ministers of Christ, 
and stewards of the mysteries of God. 

2 Cor. 5 : 18—20. And all things 
are of God, who hath reconciled us 
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath 
given to us the ministry of reconcilia- 
tion; to wit, that God was in Christ 



* See note B, at the end of the volume, on the Absolution. 



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He pardoneth and ab- 
solveth all those 



who truly repent, 



and unfeignedly believe 
his holy gospel. 



Wherefore let us beseech 
him to grant us true re- 
pentance,* 



reconciling himself unto the world, 
not imputing their trespasses unto them, 
and hath committed unto us the word of 
reconciliation. Now then, we are am' 
bassadors for Christ 

Luke 10 : 16. He that heareth 
you, heareth me; and he that des- 
piseth you, despiseth me. 

Luke 24 : 47. That repentance and 
remission of sins should be preached 
among all nations. 

John 20 : 23. Whose soever sins ye 
remit, they are remitted unto them. 

Isa. 43 : 25. I, even I, am he that 
blotteth out thy transgression. 

Micah 7 : 18. Who is a God like 
unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, 
and passeth by the transgression of 
the remnant of his heritage? he re- 
taineth not his anger forever, because 
he delighteth in mercy. 

Ezek. 14 : 6. Thus saith the Lord 
God, Repent and turn yourselves from 
your idols, and turn away your faces 
from all your abominations. 

Acts 10 : 43. To him give all the 
prophets witness, that, through his 
name, whosoever believeth in him, should 
receive remission of sins. 

1 Tim. 1 : 5. Now the end of the 
commandment is charity, out of a 
pure heart, and of a good conscience, 
and of faith unfeigned. 

2 Tim. 2 : 25. If God peradven- 
ture will give them repentance, to the 
acknowledging of the truth. 



" * We must take heed, that we do in no wise think in our hearts, ima- 
gine or believe, that we are able to repent aright, or to turn effectually 
unto the Lord, by our own might and strength." — Homily of Repentance, 
first part* 



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and his* Holy Spirit, Ezek. 36 : 27. And I will put my 
Spirit within you and cause you to 
walk in my statutes. 

John 14 : 16, 17. And I will pray 
the Father and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide 
with you forever, even the Spirit of 
truth. 

2 Cor. 1 : 22. Who hath sealed us 
and given the earnest of the Spirit in 
oui" hearts. 

Eph. 1 : 13, 14. In whom also, after 
thai ye believed, ye were even sealed 
with that Holy Spirit of promise, [i. e. 
the Comforter,] which is the earnest 
of our inheritance. 

Luke 11 : 13. If ye, then, being 
evil, know how to give good gifts unto 
your children, how much more shall 
your heavenly Father give the Holy 
Spirit to them that ask him. 
that those things may Eom. 8 : 8, 9. So then they that 
please him, which we do are in the flesh cannot please God; 
at this present, But ye are not in the flesh, but in 

the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of 
God dwell in you. 

Col. 1 : 10. That ye might walk 
worthy of the Lord, unto all pdeasing, 
being fruitful in every good work. 

Gal. 5 : 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit, is love, joy, peace, long-suffer- 
ing, gentleness, goodness, faith, meek- 
ness, temperance. 



* " The Father to create, the Son to redeem, the Holy Ghost to sanctify 
and regenerate. Whereof the last, the more it is hid from our understand- 
ing, the more it ought to move all men to woDder at the secret and mighty 
working of God's Holy Spirit, which is within us. For it is the Holy Ghost 
and no other thing, that doth quicken the minds of men, stirring up good 
and godly notions in their hearts, which are agreeable to the will and com- 
mandment of God, such as otherwise of their own crooked and perverse 
nature, they should never have." — " what comfort is this to the heart of 
a true Christian, to think, that the Holy Ghost dwelleth within him."— 
Homily for Whtsunday, first part. 



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and that the rest of our 
life hereafter may be 
pure and holy, 



so that at the last we 
may come to his eternal 
j°7 



through Jesus Christ, our 
Lord. 



1 John 3 : 3. Every man that hath 
this hope in him purifeth himself even 
as he is pure. 

Luke 1 : 74, 75. That he would 
grant unto us, that we, being deliver- 
ed from our enemies, might serve him 
without fear, in holiness and righteous- 
ness, before him, all the days of our 
life. 

1 Pet. 4 : 3. For the time past of 
our life may suffice us, to have wrought 
the will of the Gentiles. 

Matt, 25 : 21. Thou hast been 
faithful — enter thou into the joy of thy 
Lord. 

Ps. 16 : 11. Thou wilt show me 
the path of life ; in thy presence is 
fullness of joy, and at thy right hand 
there are pleasures for ever more. 

John 14 : 6. I am the way, the 
truth, and the life ; no man cometh 
to the Father, but by me. 



T The People shall answer here, and at the end of every Prayer, 

Amen. Deut. 27 : 15. All the people shall 

say, Amen. 

1 Cor. 14 : 16. Else when thou 
shalt bless with the Spirit, how shall 
he that occupieth the room of the 
unlearned, say, Amen. 

Rev. 5 : 14. And the four beasts 
said, Amen* 



Almighty God, our 
Heavenly Father, who 
of his great mercy, 



T Or this. 

Eph. 2 : 4. But God who is rich in 
mercy, for his great love wherewith 
he hath loved us. 



* These three quotations show us the practice of the Jewish church, the 
Christian church 3 and the church in heaven. Sufficient authority to jus- 
tify ours. 



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hath promised forgive- 
ness of sms to all those 
who, with hearty repent- 
ance, 

and true faith, 



turn unto him, 



have mercy upon yon, 
pardon and deliver you 
from all yonr sins, 



confirm 



and strengthen you 



Jer. 31 : 34. I will forgive their 
iniquity and will remember their sin no 
more* 

Acts. 3:19. Repent therefore and 
be converted, that your sins may be 
blotted oat. 

Luke 5 : 20. And when he saw 
their faith, he said unto him, Man, 
thy sins are forgiven thee. 

Acts. 13 : 39. And by him, all 
that believe are justified iiom all things, 
from which ye could not be justified 
by the law of Moses. 

Hosea 12 : 6. Therefore turn thou 
to thy God, keep mercy and judgment, 
and wait on thy God continually. 

Jer. 26 : 3. If so be they will 
hearken, and turn every man from his 
evil way, that 1 may repent me of the 
evil, which I purpose to do unto 
them. 

Ps. 51 : 1. Have mercy upon me, 
O Lord, according to thy loving kind- 
ness ; according to the multitude of 
thy tender mercies, blot out all my 
transgressions. 

Ps. 39 : 8. Deliver me from all 
my transgressions. 

1 Cor. 1 : 8. Who shall also con- 
firm you unto the end, that ye may 
be blameless in the day of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

1 Pet. 5:10. But the God of all 
grace, who hath called us unto his 
eternal glory, by Christ Jesus, after 
that ye have sxiffered awhile, make 
you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle 
you. 



* " I can forgive," say some, "but I cannot forget." Wo to us, should 
God make the same distinction. But forgiving, and a disposition to forget, 
are the same. If the memory of an injury is cherished, it is not forgiven. 



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in all goodness, 

and bring you to ever- 
lasting life, 

through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 
Amen. 



Eph. 5 : 9. For the fruit of the 
Spirit is in all goodness, and righteous- 
ness and truth. 

Rom. 6 : 22. But now, being made 
free from sin, and become servants to 
God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, 
and the end, everlasting life. 

Rom. 23. For the wages of sin is 
death ; but the gift of God is eternal 
life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 



■J" Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the People still kneel- 
ing and repeating it with him, hoth here and wheresoever else it is used in 
Divine Service. 



Our Father who art 
in heaven ; 



2 Cor. 6 : 17, 18. I will receive 
you, and will be a Father unto you, 
and ye shall be my sons and daugh- 
ters, saith the Lord Almighty. 

"In whom we live and move and have our being ; grant 
that I and all Christians may live worthy of this glorious 
relation, and 'that we may not sin, knowing that we are 
accounted thine.' 

" We are thine by adoption ; O make us thine by the choice 
of our will. 5 '* 

Hallowed be thy name ;| Lev. 10 : 3. I will be sanctified 
|in them that come nigh me. 

" O God, whose name is great, wonderful and holy, grant 
that I and all thy children may glorify thee, not only with 
our lips, but in our lives ; that others, seeing our good works, 
may glorify our Father, which is in heaven. 5 ' 



Thy kingdom come ; 



Rev. 11 : 15. The kingdoms of this 
world have become the kingdoms of 
our Lord and of his Christ. 

Luke 17 : 21. The kingdom of 
God is within you. 

Rom. 14 : 17. For the kingdom 
of God is not meat and drink, but 



* This paraphrase of the Lord's prayer is from bishop Wilson's Sacra 
Privata. 



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[righteousness and joy and peace in 
|the Holy Ghost. 

" May the kingdoms of the world become the kingdoms of 
our Lord and of his Christ. And may all, that own thee for 
their king, become thy faithful subjects, and obey thy laws. 
Dethrone, O God, and destroy Satan and his kingdom ; and 
enlarge the kingdom of thy grace." 



Thy will be done on 
earth as it is in heaven ; 



Ps. 40 : 8 I delight to do thy 
will, O my God ; yea, thy law is 
within my heart. 

Ps. 103 : 20. Bless the Lord, ye 
his angels, that excel in strength, 
that do his commandments, heark- 
ening unto the voice of his word. 

« We adore thy goodness, O God, in making thy will known 
to us in this holy word. May this thy word be the rule of 
our will, of our desires, of our lives and actions. May we 
ever sacrifice our will to thine ; be pleased with all thy choices 
for ourselves and others, and adore thy providence in the gov- 
ernment of the world." 



Give us this 
daily bread ; 



day our Prov. 30 : 8. Feed me with food 
convenient for me. 

Matt. 4 : 4. Man shall not live 
by bread alone, but by every word 
that proceedeth out of the mouth of 
God. 

John 6 : 35. And Jesus said unto 
them, I am the bread of life : he that 
cometh to me shall never hunger ; 
and he that belie veth on me shall 
never thirst. 

« O Heavenly Father, who knowest what we have need of, 
give us the necessaries and comforts of this life with thy 
blessing ; but above all, give us the bread that nourisheth to 
eternal life. 

Acts 17 : 25. God, who giveth to all, life and breath, and all 
things, give us grace to impart to such as are in want, of what 
•thou hast given more than our daily bread." 



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And forgive us our tres- Ps. 130 : 3, 4. If thou, Lord, 
passes as we forgive shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, 
those who trespass a - who shall stand ? But there is for- 
. , x ffiveness with tnee that thou ma vest 

gainst us; be feared. 

Matt. 6 : 14, 15. For if ye forgive 
men their trespasses, your heavenly 
Father will also forgive you ; but if 
ye forgive not men their trespasses, 
neither will your heavenly Father 
forgive your trespasses. 
" Make us truly sensible of thy goodness and mercy, and 
patience, towards us, that we may, from our hearts, forgive 
every one his brother, their trespasses. 

" May my enemies ever have place in my prayers and in 
thy mercy." 

1 Cor. 10:13. But God is faithful 
who will not suffer you to be tempt- 
ed above that ye are able ; but will, 
with the temptation also make a way 
to escape, that ye may be able to 
bear it. 

" Support us, O heavenly Father, under all our saving trials, 
and grant that they may yield us the peaceable fruits of 
righteousness." 

But deliver us from evil ; John 17:15. I pray not that thou 
shouldst take them out of the world, 
but that thou shouldst keep them 
from the evil. 

" From all sin and wickedness, from our ghostly enemy, and 
from everlasting death, Good Lord, deliver us. 

" Deliver us from the evil of sin, and from the evil of pun- 
ishment. 

" Deliver us, O heavenly Father, from our evil and corrupt 
nature, — from the temptations and snares of an evil world, — 
and from falling again into the sins we have repented of." 



And lead us not into 
temptation ; 



For thine is the king 
dom, and the power and 
the glory, forever and 
ever : Amen. 



1 Chron. 29 : 11, 12. Thine, O 
Lord, is the greatness, and the pow- 
er, and the glory, and the victory, 
and the majesty, for all that is in the 



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heaven, and in the earth is thine 
thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and 
thou art exalted as head above all. 
Both riches and honor come of thee, 
and thou reignest over all ; and in 
thine hand is power and might, 
and in thine hand it is to make great, 
and to give strength unto all. 
"By thy almighty power, O King of heaven, for the glory 
of thy name, and for the love of a Father, grant us all these 
blessings, which thy Son has taught us to pray for. 

"Unto him, that is able to do for us abundantly more than 
we can ask or think, unto him be glory in the church, by 
Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen." 



O Lord open thou our 
lips; 

Ans. And our mouth 
shall show forth thy 
praise. 



^ Then shall he likewise say, 

15. Lord, open thou my 



Ps. 51 

lips ; 

Ps. 51 : 15. And my moidh shall 
show forth thy praise. 

Prov. 16 : 1. The preparation of 
the heart and the answer of the 
tongue, is from the Lord. 



Here, all standing up,* the Minister shall say, 



Glory be to the Father, 
and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost, t 



Ps. 96 : 8 Give unto the Lord the 
glory due unto his name. 

Isa. 6 :*3. And one cried unto 
another, and said, Holy ! holy ! holy ! 
is the Lord of hosts ; the whole earth 
is full of his glory. 

Matt, 28 : 19. Baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Phil. 4 : 20, Now unto God and 
our Father be glory, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 



* Stand up and bless the Lord your God." Neh. 9 : 5. 
f " It is our duty to praise the Father for our creation, the Son for our 
redemption, and the Holy Ghost for our sanctification."— Comber. 



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Ans. As it was in the 
beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world with- 
out end.f 



Heb. 13 : 20, 21. Now the God of 
peace — make yon perfect in every 
good work to do his will, working in 
yon that which is well pleasing in 
his sight, through Jesus Christ, to 
whom be glory, for ever and ever. 

2 Pet. 3 : 18. But grow in grace 
and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jems Christ To him be 
glory, both now and forever. Amen. 

Rev. 1. Unto him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in his own 
blood, and hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father ; to 
him be glory and dominion, for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

1 Pet. 4 : 14. For the Spirit of 
glory and of God* resteth upon you. 

Job. 38 : 7. When the morning 
stars sang together, and all the sons 
of God shouted for joy. 

Eph. 3 : 21. Unto him be glory in 
the church throughout all ages, world 
without end. 

Rev. 1 : 8. Which is, and which 
was, and which is to come, the Al- 
mighty. 

Rev. 4 : 8. And they rest not day 
and night, saying, Holy ! holy! holy! 
Lord God Almighty, which was, and 
is, and is to come. 



* i. e. The glorious Spirit of God, " The Spirit of God, worthy of all 
veneration and worship" says Rosenmuller (in loc.) who thus paraphrases 
the passage, although he explains it rather neologically, as meaning "firm- 
ness of mind derived from God." 

f " Omnes tarn orationes quam oblationes cessabunt in seculo futuro, sed 
oblatio gratiarum- nunquam cessabit." — R. D. Kimchi quoted by Comber. 
Prayers and offerings shall all cease in the future world, but the giving of 
thanks never. — The repeated use of the doxology in our service has been 
objected to. Does not the worship of the angels and saints in glory err in 
the same way ? Is. 6 : 3. Rev. 4 : 8—11 ;— 5 : 12—14 :— 7 : 10—12. We 
hear of little else but doxologies in heaven. 



Min. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Ans. The Lord's name 
be praised. 



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Ps. 116 : 19. Praise ye the Lord. 

Rev. 19:1. I heard a great Toice 
of much people, saying, Alleluia, 
[i. e. praise ye Jah or Jehovah,] &c. 

Ps. 148 : 13. Let them praise the 
name of the Lord ; for his name 
alone is excellent, his glory is above 
the earth and heaven. 



[Here follow the Psalms, Hymns, &c, proper to the Mobnetg Service *] 

«f Then shall be said or sung the following anthem ; except on those days, for 
which other anthems are appointed; and except, also, when it is used in the 
course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month. 

Venite, exultcmus Domino. 
[Psalm 95.] 

come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice 
in the strength of our salvation. 

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and 
show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 

For the Lord is a great God ; and a great King above all 
gods. 

In his hands are all the cornel's of the earth ; and the 
strength of the hills is his also. 

The sea is his, and he made it ; and his hands prepared the 
dry land. 

O come, let us worship, and fall down ; and kneel before 
the Lord our Maker. 

For he is the Lord our God ; and we are the people of his 
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 

[Psalm 96: 9.] 

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness ; let the 
whole earth stand in awe of him. 



* Thus far the Morning and Evening Services are the same. From this 
point to the Creed, they differ, and we shall keep them separate. 



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[Psalm 96:13 ] 

For he cometh, for lie cometh to judge the earth ; and with 
righteousness to judge the world, and the people, with his truth. 



*5" Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one of the 
Selections of Psalms set forth by this church: and at the end of every Psalm, 
and likewise at the end of the Venite, Benedicite, Jubilate, Benedictns, Can- 
tate Domino, Bonnm est conflteri, Deus misereatur, Benedic Anima mea, MAY 
be said or sung the Gloria Patri; and at the end of the whole Portion or Se- 
lection of Psalms for the day, SHALL be said or sung the Gloria Patri, or 
else the Gloria in Excelsis, as followeth: 



Gloria in Excelsis. 



Glory be to God on 
high, and on earth peace, 
good will towards men. 



We praise thee, 
we bless thee, 

we worship thee, 
we glorify thee, 



we give thanks to thee for 
thy great glory, O Lord 
God, heavenly King, 



God, the Father Al- 
mighty, 

O Lord, the only begot- 
ten Son, Jesus Christ ; 



Luke 2 : 13, 14. And suddenly 
there was with the angel a multi- 
tude of the heavenly host, praising 
God, and saying, Glory be to God in 
the highest, and on earth 'peace, good 
will toward men. 

Ps. 147:12. Praise thy God, Zion. 

1 Chron. 29 : 10. Blessed be thou, 
Lord God of Israel, our Father. 

Ps. 96: 9. O worship the Lord in the 
beauty of holiness. 

Rom. 15 : 6. That ye may with 
one mind, and one mouth, glorify God, 
even the Father our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

1 Chron. 29 : 13. Now therefore, 
our God, we thank thee, and praise thy 
glorious name. 

Dan. 4: 37. Now I Nebuchadnez- 
zar, praise and extol and honor the 
King of heaven, 

Eph. 4: 6 One God and Father of 
all, who is above all, and through all, 
and in you all. 

1 John 4: 9. God sent his only be- 
gotten Son into the world, that we 
might live through him. 

1 Cor. 16 : 23 The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ 



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O Lord God, 



Lamb of God, 



Son of the Father, 

that takest away the sins 
of the world, 

have mercy upon us. 



John 1:1. And the Word, was 
God. 

Heb. 1:8. Unto the Son he saith, 
"Thy throne, God, is for ever mid 
ever. 

Rev. 5 : 12. Worthy is the Lamb, 
that was slain, to receive power and 
riches, and wisdom, and strength, 
and honor, and glory, and blessing. 
John 1 : 14. The only begotten of 



the Father, 
John 1 : 
God, which 
world. 
Matt. 9 



Thou, that takest away 
the sins of the world 
have mercy upon ns. 
Thou, that takest away 
the sins of the world, 
receive our prayer.* 

Thou, that sittest at the 
right hand of God the 
Father, 

have mercy upon us, 



29. Behold the Lamb of 
taketh away the sin of the 



27. Thou Son of David, 
have mercy upon us. 

Matt. 28 : 18. And Jesus came 
and spake unto them, saying, All 
power is given unto me in heaven and 
in earth. 

2 Thess. 2 : 16, 17. Now our Lord 
Jesus Christ himself, and God, even 
our Father — comfort your hearts, and 
tablish you in every good word and 
work. 

Heb. 2:17. That he might be a 
merciful and faithful high-priest in 
things pertaining to God. 

1 Cor. 1 : 2. With all that in every 
place call on the name of Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

Acts. 7 : 59. Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

Mark 16 : 19. So then after the 
Lord had spoken unto them, he was 
received up into heaven, and sat down 
on the right hand of God. 

1 Tim. 1 : 2. Grace, mercy and 
peace from God the Father and 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 



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For thou only art holy; ' 



thou only art the Lord; 



thou only, O Christ, with 
the Holy Ghost, art most 
high, in the glory of God 
the Father,* 
Amen 



Acts 3:14. But ye denied the holy 
one and the just. 

Rev. 3 : 7. These things saith he 
that is holy, he that is true, <fcc. 

Rev. 19: 16. And he hath on his 
vesture and on his thigh, a name 
written, KIJSTG OF KINGS, and 
LORD OF LORDS. 

John 17 : 5. And now, O Father, 
glorify thus me with thine own self, with 
the glory which I had with thee before 
the world was. 

Matt. 16 : 27. The Son of man 
shall come in the glory of the Father, 
with his angels. 

Heb. 1 : 5. But unto which of his 
angels said he at any time, Thou art 
my Son. 



*f Then shall be read the first lesson, according 1 to the table or calendar: after 
which shall be said or sung the following hymn. 

Note. — That before every lesson, the minister shall say, Here beginneth such a 
chapter or such a verse of such a chapter of such a book; And after every 
lesson, Here endeth the first or the second lesson, . 



Te Deum laudamus. 



[Part 1. an act of praise.] 

We praise thee, God, 
we acknowledge thee to 
be the Lord. 

All the earth doth wor- 
ship thee, the Father 
everlasting. 

To thee all angels cry 
aloud; the heavens and 
all the powers therein. 



Prov. 3 : 6. In all thy ways ac- 
knowledge him. 

Ps. 22 : 23. Ye that fear the Lord 
praise him. 

Ps. 66 : 4. All the earth shall wor- 
ship thee, and shall sing unto thee ; 
they shall sing unto thy name. 

Is. 9 : 6. The everlasting Father. 

Rev. 5:11, 12. And I beheld, and 
I heard the voice of many angels 
round about the throne, and the beasts 
and the elders— saying with a loud 
voice, &c. 



* « He only with the Holy Ghost is equal to the Father, God blessed for 
ever." — Comber. 



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To thee Cherubim and 
Seraphim continually do 
cry: 

Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
God of Sabaoth. 
Heaven and earth are 
full of the majesty of thy 
glory. 

The glorious company of 
the apostles praise thee. 



The goodly fellowship of 
the prophets praise thee 

The noble army of mar- 
tyrs praise thee. 



[Part 2 a confession of faith.] 

The holy church 
throughout all the world 
doth acknowledge thee. 



The Father of an infinite 
Majesty; 

Thine adorable, true and 



Is. 6 : 2. Above it stood the Sera- 
phim : each one had six wings ; with 
twain he covered his face, and with 
twain he covered his feet, and with 
twain he did fly. 

Is. 3. And one cried unto an- 
other, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the 
Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of 
his glory. 



Ps. 145 : 10. All thy works praise 
thee, O Lord, and thy saints shall 
bless thee. 

Rev. 18 : 20. Rejoice over her 
thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and 
prophets ; &c. 

Luke 13 : 28. When ye shall see 
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and all 
the prophets in the kingdom of heaven. 

Rev. 7 : 14. These are they which 
have come out of great tribulation, 
and have washed their robes and 
made them white in the blood of the 
Lamb. 

Rev. 15 : 2. And I saw — them 
that had gotten the victory over the 
beast — stand on the sea of glass, 
having the harps of God. 

Col. 2 : 2, 3. That their hearts 
might be comforted, being knit to- 
gether in love, and unto all riches of 
the full assurance of understanding, 
to the acknowledgment of the mystery of 
God, and of the Father, and of Christ, 
in whom are hid all the treasures of 
wisdom and knowledge. 

Ps. 145 : 5. I will speak of the 
glorious honor of thy majesty, and of 
thy wondrous, works. 

Ex. 3 : 14. I am that I am. 

John 3 : 16. For God so loved the 



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only Son. 



Also the Holy Ghost, the 
Comforter, 



Thou art the King 
glory, O Christ. 



of 



'Thou art the everlasting 
Son of the Father. 



When thou tookest upon 
thee to deliver man, thou 
didst humble thyself to 
be born of a virgin. 



When thou hadst over 
come the sharpness of 
death, thou didst open 
the kingdom of heaven 
to all believers. 



world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son. 

Heb. 1:6. And let all the angels 
of God ivorship him. 

John 14 : 26. But the Comforter, 
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the 
Father will send in my name, he 
will teach you all things. 

Ps. 24: 8. Who is the King of glo- 
ry ? The Lord, strong and mighty 
the Lord mighty in battle. 

Rev. 17 : 14. These shall make 
war with the Lamb, and the Lamb 
shall overcome them, for he is the 
Lord of lords, and King of Icings. 

Heb. 1:8. To the Son he saith, 
thy throne, O God, is for ever and 
ever. 

Rev. 1:17. And he [i. e. the one 
like unto the Son of man, v. 13.] 
laid his right hand upon me, saying, 
Fear not, I am the first and the last. 

Is. 7 : 14. A. virgin shall conceive 
and bear a son, and shall call his 
name Immanuel. 

Phil. 2 : 7. But made himself of no 
reputation, and took upon him the 
form of a servant, and was made in 
the likeness of men. 

Rev. 3 : 21. To him that overcom- 
eth will I grant to sit with me in my 
throne, even as I also overcame and 
am set down with my Father in his 
throne. 

John 14: 2. In my Father's house 
are many mansions — I go to prepare 
a place for you. 

Rev. 3 :7. These .things saith he, 
that is holy, he that is true, he that 
hath the key of David ; he that open- 
eih and no man shutteth ; and shutteih 
and no man openeth. 



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Thou sittest at the right 
hand of God, in the glory 
of the Father. 



We believe that thou 
shalt come to be our 
Judge. 

[Part 3 an act of supplication ] 

"We therefore pray 
thee, help thy servants 
whom thou hast redeem 
ed with thy precious 
blood. 

Make them to be num 
bered with thy saints in 
glory everlasting. 



O Lord save thy people 
and bless thine heritage. 



Govern them and 
them up forever. 



lift 



John 3 : 36. He that bclieveth on 
the Son hath everlasting life. 

Eph. 1 : 20. Which he wrought 
in Christ, when he raised him from 
the dead, and set him at his own rigid 
hand in the heavenly places. 

John 17 : 5. And now, O Father, 
glorify thou me with thine own self, with 
the glory which I had with thee be- 
fore the world was. 

Rom. 13:10. For we shall all 
stand at the judgment seat of Christ. 

2 Tim. 4:1. I charge thee before 
God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, icho 
(hall judge the quick and the dead at his 
appearing and his kingdom. 

Heb. 7 : 25. Wherefore he is able 
to save them to the uttermost, that come 
unto God by him. 

1 Pet. 1 : 18, 19. Forasmuch as ye 
know, that ye were not redeemed with 
corruptible things, as silver and gold, 
— but with the precious blood of Christ. 

Col. 1 : 12. Giving thanks unto 
the Father, who hath made us meet 
to be partakers of the inheritance of 
the saints in light. 

Col. 3 : 4. When Christ, who is 
our life, shall appear, then shall ye 
also appear with him in glory. 

Rev. 22 : 5. The Lord God giveth 
them light, and they shall reign for 
ever and ever. 

Ps. 94 : 5. They break in pieces 
thy people, Lord, and afflict thine 
heritage. 

Matt. 2 : 6. For out of thee shall 
come a governor, and shall rule my 
people Israel. 

Ps. 3 : 3. But thou, O Lord, art 
a shield for me ; my glory and the 
lifter up of my head. 



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Ps. 145 : 2. Every day will I bless 
thee. 

Rev. 15:6. Unto him that loved 
us, and washed us from our sins in 
his own blood, and hath made us 
kings and priests unto God and his 
17 ather, to him be glory and dominion 
for ever. Amen. 

2 Cor. 12 : 9. And he said, my 
grace is sufficient for thee ; for mj 
strength is made perfect in weakness. 
Most gladly will I therefore glory 
in my infirmities, that the power of 
Christ may rest on me. 

Matt. 20 : 30. Have mercy on us, 
Lord, thou Son of David. 

2 Tim. 1 : 12. I know whom / 
have trusted* and am persuaded that 
he is able to keep that which 1 have 
committed unto him a gainst that day. 

1 Pet. 2 : 6. He that believeth on 
him, shall not he confounded. 



T Or this Canticle. f 

Benedicite, omnia opero Domini. 

O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye thaLord; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and magnify 
him for ever. 

♦Marginal reading. 

f This canticle is a paraphrase of the 148th Psalm. It is contained in the 
Apocrypha, under the title of the Song of the Three Holy Children. It is 
said to have been very ancieatly used as a hymn in the Jewish church, and 
early adopted into the public service of the Christian. 



Day by day we magnify 
thee. 

And we worship thy 
name, ever world with- 
out end. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to 
keep us this day with- 
out sin. 



O Lord, have mercy 
upon us, have mercy 
upon us. 

O Lord let thy mercy be 
upon us, as our trust is 
in thee. 

O Lord in thee have I 
trusted, let me never be 
confounded. 



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ye Waters that are above the firmament, bless ye the 
Lord ; praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever, 

O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O let the earth bless the Lord ; yea let it praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Green Things upon Earth, bless ye the Lord ; 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 



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O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and magnify 
him for ever. 

ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the 
Lord ; praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O let Israel bless the Lord ; praise him and magnify him 
for ever. 

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Spirits and Sonls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord ; 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Holy and Humble Men of Heart, bless ye the Lord ; 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 

*t Then shall be read, in like manner, the Second Lesson, taken out of the New 
Testament, according to the table or calendar ; and after that, the following 
Psalm : 

Jubilate Deo. 

Psalm 100. 

be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands ; serve the Lord with 
gladness, and come before his presence with a song. 

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made 
us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people and the sheep of 
his pasture. 

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into 



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his courts with praise ; be thankful unto him, and speak 
good of his name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting, and his 
truth endureth from generation to generation. 

^"Or this hymn. 

Benedidus. 

St. Luke 1 : 68—71. 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath visited and 
redeemed his people ; 

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in the house 
of his servant David ; 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have 
been since the world began ; 

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the 
hand of all that hate us. 

[Here follow the Psalms, &c, proper to the Evening Service *J 

^ Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one of the 
Selection's, as they are set forth by this church, with the Poxology as in the 
Morning Service. Then shall be read the First Lesson - , according to the Table 
or Calendar : after which shall be said or sung the following Psalm:, except 
when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of 
the month. 

Cantate Domino. 
Psalm 98. 

O sing unto the Lord a new sorjg ; for he hath done mar- 
vellous things. 

With his own right hand, and with his holy arm, hath he 
gotten himself the victory. 

The Lord declared his salvation, his righteousness hath he 
openly showed in the sight of the heathen. 



* What follows, as far as the Creed, belongs to the Evening Service, re- 
sumed from the Responses, following the Lord's prayer, p. 33. 



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He ha tli remembered his mercy and truth toward the house 
of Israel, and all the ends of the world have seen the salva- 
tion of our God. 

Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands ; sing, 
rejoice and give thanks. 

Praise the Lord upon the harp ; sing to the harp with a 
psalm of thanksgiving. 

With trumpets also and shawms, O show yourselves joyful 
before the Lord the King. 

Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is, the round 
world and they that dwell therein. 

Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful 
together before the Lord ; for he cometh to judge the earth. 

With righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people 
with equity. 

T Or this. 

Bonum est confiteri. 

Psalm 92 : 1—4. 

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing 
praises unto thy name, O most Highest. 

To tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning, and of 
thy truth in the night season ; 

Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute ; upon 
a loud instrument and upon the harp. 

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works, and 
1 will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. 

^ Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed ; and, after that, shall 
be said or sung this Psalm, except on the twelfth day of the month. 

Deus misereatur. 

Psalm 67. 

God be merciful unto us and bless us, and show us the light 
of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. 



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That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health 
among all nations. 

Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people 
praise thee. 

O let the nations rejoice and be glad ; for thou shalt judge 
the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 

Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all the people 
praise thee. 

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase ; and God, 
even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 

God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth shall fear 
him. 

Or this. 

Benedic, Anima meet. 

Psalm 103 : 1—4, 20—22. 

Praise the Lord, O my Soul ; and all that is within me, 
praise his holy name. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities. 

"Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee 
with mercy and loving kindness. 

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength ; 
ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice 
of his word. 

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye servants of his 
that do his pleasure. 

O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places 
of his dominion. Praise thou the Lord, O my soul. 

[End of the Pealms, &c. of the Evening Service.*] 



* Here the services again unite. 



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•J Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed* by the Minister and the people, standing: 
And any churches may omit the -words, He descended into hell ; or nse, in- 
stead of them, the words, He went into the place of departed spirits ; which 
are considered as words of the same meaning in the Creed. 



I believe in God the 
Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth ; 

And in Jesus Christ, 
his only Son, 

our Lord ; 



Who was conceived by 
the Holy Ghost, 

Born of the Virgin Mary, 

Suffered under Pontius 
Pilate, 



Was crucified, 
dead and buried ; 



1 Cor. 8 : 6. To us there is but 
one God, the Father, of whom are all 
things. 

Gen. 1:1. In the beginning God 
created the heaven and the earth. 

John 14 : 1. Ye believe in God, 
believe also in me. 

John 20: 31. But these things are 
written that ye might believe that 
Jesus is the Christ the Son of God. 

Acts 10 : 36. Preaching peace by 
Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all.) 

1 Cor. 1 : 2. The name of Jesus 
Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. 

Matt. 1 : 20. Fear not to take 
unto thee Mary, thy wife, for that 
which is conceived in her is of the Holy 
Ghost 

Luke 1:27. And the virgin's name 
was Mary. 

Luke 15 : 15. And so Pilate, wil- 
ling to content the people, released 
Barabbas unto them, and delivered 
Jesus, when he had scourged him, to 
be crucified. 

Heb. 13 : 12. Wherefore Jesus 
also, that he might sanctify the peo- 
ple with his own blood, suffered 
without the gate. 

Matt. 27 : 35. And they crucified 
him. 

Matt. 50. And Jesus, when he 
had cried again with a loud voice, 
yielded up the Ghost. 



* A proper preface to the prayers following : "He that cometh to God, 
must believe that he is, and that he is a rewardtr cf all those who diligently 
sock him" Heb. 11 : 6. 



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He descended into hell ;* 

The third day he rose 
from the dead ; 



He ascended into heaven; 



and sitteth on the right 
hand of God the Father 
Almighty ; 

From thence he shall 
come to judge the quick 
and the dead. 



I believe in the Holy 
Ghost ;t 

The Holy Catholic $ 
Church ; 



1 Cor. 15 : 3, 4. For I delivered 
to you that which I also received, how 
that Christ died for our sins, accord- 
ing to the Scriptures, and that he was 
buried. 

Acts 2 : 27. Thou wilt not leave 
my soul in hell. 

Acts 10 : 40. Him God raised up 
the third day, and showed him openly 
unto witnesses chosen before of God, 
even unto us, who did eat and drink 
with him after he rose from the dead. 

Luke 24 : 51. It came to pass, 
while he blessed them, that he was 
parted from them and carried up into 
heaven. 

Heb. 10 : 12. But this [man] after 
he had offered one sacrifice for sin, 
for ever sat down on the right hand of 
God. 

Matt, 16 : 27. For the Son of man 
shall come in the glory of his Father 
with his angels, and then shall he 
reward every man according to his 
works. 

Acts 10 : 42. And he commanded 
us to preach unto the people, and to 
testify, that it is he, which was or- 
dained of God, to be the judge of quick 
and dead. 

1 Cor. 3 : 13. Know ye not that 
ye are the temple of the Holy Ghost, 
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth 
in you ? 

1 Cor. 12 : 13. For by one Spirit 
we are all baptized into one body. 

Eph. 4 : 3 — 5. Endeavoring to 
keep the unity of the Spirit in the 



* See Note C, at the end of the volume, on the Descent to Hell. 
f On this article, see note to the third petition in the Litany. 
I i. e. universal. 



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The communion of saints 



The forgiveness of sins ; 



The resurrection of the 
body ; 



and the life everlasting. 
Amen. 



bond of peace. There is one body 
and one spirit, even as ye are called 
in one hope of your calling. 

1 John 1:7. If we walk in the 
light, we have fellowship one with 
another. 

Col. 2 : 19. Holding the head, from 
which all the body by joints and 
bands, having nourishment minister- 
ed and knit together, increaseth with 
the increase of God. 

Eph. 1 : 7. In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, according to the 
riches of his grace. 

Rom. 8:11. He that raised up 
Christ from the dead, shall also quick- 
en our mortal bodies. 

1 Cor. 15 : 53. For this corruptible 
[sc. body] must put on incorruption, 
and this mortal [sc. body] must put on 
immortality.. 

Rom. 6 : 22. But now, being freed 
from sin, and become servants to God, 
ye have your fruit unto holiness, and 
the end everlasting life. 

1 Tim. 1 : 16. Believe on him to 
life everlasting. 



I believe in one God, 
the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and 
earth, and of all things 
visible and invisible ; 
And in one Lord Jesus 
Christ, 

the only begotten Son of 
God, 



1" Or this. 

Col. 1 : 16. For by him were all 
things created that are in heaven, and 
that are in earth, visible and invisible. 

1 Cor. 8 : 6. To us there is but 
one God, the Father, of whom are all 
things, and we in him ; 

1 Cor. 8 : 6. and one Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom are all things, and 
we by him. 

1 John 4 : 9. God sent his only 
en Son into the world. 



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begotten of his Father 
before all worlds ; 
God of God, 

Light of Light, 



very God of very God, 



begotten, not made, 



being of one substance 
with the Father ; 

by whom all things were 
made ; 

who for ns men and for 
our salvation, 

came down from heaven, 



Gol. 1:17. He is before all things, 
and by him all things consist. 

John 1:1. The word was God. 
John 1 : 14. Begotten of the Fa- 
ther. 

1 John 1 : 5. God is Light, and in 
him is no darkness at all. 

Acts 13 : 47. 1 have set thee 
[Christ] to be a Light of the Gentiles 
<fcc. 

Heb. 1 : 3. The brightness of his 
glory, and the express image of his 
person. 

Rom. 9:5. Of whom, as concern- 
ing the flesh, Christ came, who is 
over all, God blessed for ever. 

1 John 5 : 20. This is the true God 
arid eternal life. 

John 1 : 14, 18 3 : 16, &c. Be- 
gotten, only begotten. 

Heb. 3 : 3, 4. For this man was 
counted worthy of more glory than 
Moses, inasmuch as he who hath 
builded the house, hath more honor 
than the house. For every house is 
builded by some [man*], but he 
that built all things is God- 
John 10 : 30. I and my Father 
are one. 

John 1 : 14 — begotten — 
John 1 : 3. All things were made by 
him, and without him was not any 
thing made that was made. 

Heb. 5 : 9. He became the author 
of eternal salvation to all them that 
obey him. 

John 3 : 13. He that came down 
from heaven, even the Son of man 
which is in heaven. 



* Man, not in the Greek—" some," i. e. somebody— every thing made hath 
some maker* 

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and was incarnate by 
the Holy Ghost of the 
virgin Mary, 



and was made man, 



and was crucified for us 
under Pontius Pilate. 
He suffered, 



and was buried, and the 
third day he rose again 
according to the Scrip- 
tures, and ascended into 
heaven, and sitteth on 
the right hand of the 
Father ; and he shall 
come again with glory 
to judge both the quick 
and the dead, 
whose kingdom shall 
have no end. 
And I believe in theHoly 
Ghost, the Lord and 
giver of life, 



John 1 : 14. The word was made 
flesh, &c. 

Matt, 1 : 20. Fear not to take 
unto thee Mary thy wife [betrothed] 
for that which is conceived in her 
is of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. 2 : 14. Forasmuch then as 
the children are partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also took part of the 
same, that through death he might 
destroy him that had the power oi 
death, that is the devil. 

1 Tim. 2 : 5. One Mediator be- 
tween God and man, the man Christ 
Jesus. 

1 Cor. 5 : 7. Christ our passover 
is sacrificed for us. 

Matt. 27 : 2. And delivered him 
to Pontius Pilate the governor. 

1 Pet. 3 : 18. For Christ also hath 
once suffered for sins, the just for the 
unjust, that he might bring us to 
God. 



[See the former Creed.] 



Luke 1 : 33. Of his kingdom there 
shall be no end. 

Ps. 104 : 30. Thou, sendest forth 
thy Spirit, and they are created. 

John 3 : 6. That which is born of 
the Spirit, is spirit. 

Gal. 5 : 25. If we live in the 



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who proceedeth from the 
Father 



and the Son ; 



who with the Father and 
the Son together is wor- 
shiped and glorified, 

who spake by the pro- 
phets. 



And I believe in one 
Catholic and apostolic 
church. 

I acknowledge one Bap- 
tism for the remission of 
sins. 

And I look for the resur- 
rection of the dead, and 
the life of the world to 
come. Amen. 



Spirit, let ns also walk in the Spirit. 

Tit. 3 : 5. Renewing of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Luke 11 : 13. How much more 
shall your heavenly Father give the 
Holy Spirit to them that ask him. 

John 14: 16. The Comforter, which 
is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name. 

John 16 : 7. i" will send him unto 
you. 

Matt. 3 : 11. He [Christ] shall 
baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 

Acts 2 : 33. He hath shed forth 
this which ye now see and hear. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the Holy 
Ghost, be with you all. 

Acts 27 : 25. Well spake the Holy 
Ghost by Esaias the prophet. 

2 Pet. 1 : 21. Holy men of old 
spake as they were moved by the Holy 
Ghost. 

1 Cor. 12 : 13. For by one Spirit 
are we all baptized into one body. 



Eph. 4 : 5. One baptism. 

Acts 2 : 38. Repent and be bap- 
tized every one of you, in the name 
of Jesus Christ, for the remission of 
sins. 

John 5 : 28, 29. The hour is com- 
ing, in the which all that are in the 
graves shall hear his voice, and shall 
come forth ; they that have done 
good unto the resurrection of life, 
and they that have done evil unto 
the resurrection of damnation. 



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*f And after that, these prayers following, all devoutly kneeling ; the minister first 
prononncing, 



The Lord be "with you. 

Ans. And with thy 
spirit. 

*[ Min. Let ns pray. 

O Lord, show thy 
mercy upon us ; 

Ans. And grant us 
thy salvation. 

O God, make clean 
our hearts within us. 

Ans. And take not 
thy Holy Spirit from us. 



2 Thess. 3:16. The Lord be with 
you all. 

2 Tim. 4 : 22. The Lord Jesus 
Christ be with thy spirit. 



Ps. 85 : 7. Skew ics thy mercy, 
Lord; 

Ps. 85 : 7. and grant us thy salva- 
tion. 

Ps. 51 : 10. Create in me a clean 
heart, God ; 

Ps. 51 : 10. and take not thy holy 
Spirit from us. 

Rom. 8 : 26. Likewise the Spirit 
also helpeth our infirmities ; for we 
know not what we should pray for 
as we ought, but the spirit itself 
maketh intercession for us with 
groanings which cannot be uttered. 

Eph. 6 : 18. Praying always with 
all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit. 

[The two following Collects belong to Morning Prayer.] 

^ Then shall follow the Collect for the day, except when the communion service is 
read ; and then the Collect for the day shall be omitted here. 

T A Collect for Peace. j 

O God, who art the 
author of peace and lover 
of concord, 

in knowledge of whom 
standeth our eternal life, 

whose service is perfect 
freedom ; 



1 Cor. 13 : 33. God is not the au- 
thor of confusion, but of peace. 

John 17:3. And this is life eternal, 
that they might know thee, the only true 
God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou 
hast sent. 

John 8 : 33 And the truth shall 
make you free. 

Rom. 6 : 22. But now being; made 



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defend us thy humble 
servants, in all assaults 
of our enemies, 

that we, surely trusting 
in thy defence, 
may not fear the power 
of any adversaries, 
through the might of 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen, 

A Collect for Grace. 

O Lord, our heavenly 
Father, Almighty and 
everlasting God, who 
hast safely brought us 
to the beginning of this 
day; 

defend us in the same 
with thy mighty power ; 



and grant that this day 
we fall into no sin, 

neither run into any 
kind of danger, 



free from sin, and become servants to 
God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, 
and the end everlasting life. 

Luke 1 : 74. That he would grant 
unto us, that we, being delivered out 
of the hand of our enemies, might 
serve him without fear. 

Ps. 7 : 19. My defence is of God. 

Phil. 1 : 28. In nothing terrified by 
your adversaries. 

Phil. 4:13. I can do all things 
through Christ which strengtheneth me. 



Ps. 3:5. I laid me down and 
slept ; / awaked, for the Lord sustained 
me. 



Ps. 91 : 9, 10. Because thou hast 
made the Lord, which is my refuge, 
even the most High thy habitation ; 
there shall no evil befall thee, nei- 
ther shall any plague come nigh thy 
dwelling. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9. The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of temp- 
tations. 

Jer. 10 : 23. It is not in man, that 
walketh, to direct his steps. 

Ps. 121 : 7, 8. The Lord shall pre- 
serve thee from all evil ; he shall 
preserve thy soul. The Lord shall 
preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in, from this time forth and 
for evermore. 



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but that all our doings, 
being ordered by thy 
governance, may be 
righteous in thy sight, 
through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 
Amen. 



Ps. 37 : 23. The steps of a good 
man are ordered by the Lord. 

Heb. 13 : 20, 21. Now the God of 
peace, that brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus, that great. 
Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good 
work to do his will, working in you 
that which is well pleasing in his sigfd, 
through Jesus Christ, to whom be 
glory for ever. Amen. 



[The two following Collects belong* to Evening Prayer.] 



•jj" Then shall he said the Collect for the day; and after that the Collects and Prayers 
following 

A Collect for Peace. 

O God, from whom all Phil. 2:13. For it is God that 
holv desires, all s*ood worketh in you both to will and to do of 

, i n • i. his good pleasure, 
counsels, and all just j* hn ^ 44 No man can come to 
works do proceed ; me, except the Father, which hath 
sent me, draw him. 

Heb. 13 : 20, 21. Now the God of 
peace — make you perfect in every good 
work. 

John 14 : 27. Peace I leave with 
you, my peace I give unto you ; not as 
the world giveth give I unto you. 

Phil. 4 : 7. And the peace of God, 
which passeth all understanding, 

Phil. 4 : 7. — shall keep your hearts 
and minds through Christ Jesus. 

Prov. 3:1. Let thine heart keep 
my comma?id.?nents. 

Prov. 23. Keep thy heart with all 
diligence, for out of it are the issues 
of life. 

Isa. 32 : 17. And the work of 
righteousness shall be peace, and the 



give unto thy servants 
that peace which the 
world cannot give ; 

that our hearts may be 
set to obey thy com- 
mandments, 



and also that by thee, we 
being defended from the 



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fear of our enemies, may 
pass our time in rest and 
quietness, 

through the merits of 
Jesus Christ, our Sa- 
viour. Amen. 

*2"A Collect for aid against Perils. 

O God, our heavenly 
Father, by whose al 
mighty power, we have' 
been preserved this day; 



by thy great mercy de- 
fend us from all perils 
and dangers of this night, 



for the love of thy only 
Son, our Saviour, Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 



effect of righteousness quietness and 
assurance for ever. 

Isa. 54 : 13. And great shall be 
the peace of thy children. 

Tit. 3 : 6. Which he shed on us 
abundantly, through Jesus Christ our 
Saviour. 



Acts 17 : 28. In him we live and 
move and have our being. 

Job 12 : 10. In whose hand is the 
soul of every living thing, and the 
breath of all mankind. 

Ps. 66 : 9. Who holdeth our soul 
in life, and suffereth not our feet to 
be moved. 

Ps. 91 : 5. Thou shalt not be 
afraid for the terror by night. 

Ps. 34: 7. The angel of the Lord 
encampeth round about them that 
fear him, and delivereth them. 

Ps. 4:8. I will both lay me down 
in peace and sleep ; for thou, Lord, 
only, makest me to dwell in safety. 

John 17 : 26. That the love, where- 
with thou hast loved me, may be in 
them. 



[The Prayers which follow, are common to both the Morning and Evening 
Prayer. J 



T A Prayer for the President of 
the United States and all in 
Civil Authority. 

O Lord, our heavenly 
Father, the high and 
mighty Ruler of the 
universe, 

who dost from thy 



Dan. 4 : 17. Know that the Most 
High ruleth in the kingdoms of men. 

Pro v. 8 : 15. By me kings reign, 
and princes decree justice. 

Ps.33:13. The Lord looketh /rem 



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throne, behold all the 
dwellers upon earth, 
most heartily we beseech 
thee, with thy favor, to 
behold and bless thy 
servant, the President of 
the United States, and all 
others in authority, 

and so replenish them 
with the grace of thy 
holy Spirit, that they 
may always incline to 
thy will and walk in 
thy way. 



Endue them plenteously 
with heavenly gifts, 



grant them in health and 
prosperity long to live, 
and finally after this life 
to attain everlasting joy 
and felicity through Je- 
sus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

T A Prayer for the Clergy and 
People. 

Almighty and ever- 



heaven and beholdeth all the sons of 
men. 

1 Tim. 2 : 1, 2. I exhort therefore 
that first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving 
of thanks, be made for all men, for 
kings and for all that are in authority, 
that we may lead quiet and peace- 
able lives, in all godliness and 
honesty. 

Prov. 21 : 1. The king's heart is 
in the hand of the Lord ; as the 
rivers of water, he turneth it whither- 
soever he will. 

1 Kings 3 : 14. If thou wit walk 
in my ways to keep my statutes and 
commandments, as thy Father Da- 
vid did walk, then will I lengthen 
thy days. 

Isa. 3 : 12. O my people, they 
which lead thee cause thee to err, 
and destroy the way of thy paths.* 
1 Kings 3:9. Give therefore to 
thy servant an understanding heart, 
to judge thy people, that I may 
discern between good and bad ; for 
who is able to judge this thy so 
great a people ? 

1 Kings 3 : 14 — then I will lengthen 
thy days. 

Isa. 35 : 10. And the ransomed 
of the Lord shall come to Zion with 
songs and everlasting joy upon their 
heads. 



James 1 : 17. Every good and per- 



* How important then to pray for rulers — not only, " that we may lead 
quiet and peaceable lives," but that the people be not corrupted through 
their evil example. 



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lasting God, from whom 
cometh every good and 
perfect gift, 

send down upon our 
bishops and other clergy, 



and upon the congrega- 
tions 



committed to their 
charge 



feet gift is from above, and cometh 
down from the father of lights. 



Ps. 132 : 9. Let thy priests be 
clothed with righteousness. 

2 Thess. 3:1. Brethren pray for 
us, that the word of the Lord may 
have free course and be glorified, 
even as it is with you. 

Eph. 6 : 20. And for me, that ut- 
terance may be given unto me, that 
I may open my mouth boldly, to 
make known the mysteries of the 
gospel. 

2 Cor. 1 : 11. Ye also helping 
together by prayer for us, that for 
the gift bestowed upon us by the 
means of many persons, thanks 
may be given by many on our be- 
half. 

Col. 1 : 9 — 11. For this cause we 
also, since we heard it, do not cease 
to pray for you, and to desire that 
ye might be fil]ed with the know- 
ledge of his will, in all wisdom and 
spiritual understanding ; that ye 
might walk worthy of the Lord, 
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in 
every good work, and increasing in 
the knowledge of God ; strengthened 
with all might, according to his 
glorious power, unto all patience and 
long suffering with joyfulness. [See 
also Phil. 1 : 9—11, and 1 Thess. 
5 : 23, <fcc] 

1 Tim. 1 : 18. This charge I com- 
nit to thee, son Timothy. 

Acts 20 : 28. Take heed therefore 
unto yourselves, and to all the flock, 
over the which the Holy Ghost hath 
made you overseers. 



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the healthful spirit of 
thj grace ;* 



and that they may truly 
please thee, 



pour upon them the con- 
tinual dew of thy bless- 
ing. 



Grant this, O Lord, for 
the honor of our Advo- 
cate and Mediator, Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 



T A Prayer for all Conditions of 
Men. 

O God, the Creator and 
Preserver of all man- 
kind, we humbly be- 
seech thee, for all sorts 
and conditions of men, 

that thou wouldst be 
pleased to make thy 
ways known unto them, 
thy saving health unto 
all nations. 



Heb. 10 : 29. Spirit of Grace. 

Eph. 1 : 16. That the God of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
glory, may give unto you the spirit of 



1 Thess. 2 : 4. But as we were al- 
lowed of God to be put in trust with 
the gospel, even so we speak ; not 
as pleasing men, bid God, which trieth 
our hearts. 

2 Cor. 2 : 16. Who is sufficient for 
these things ? 

2 Cor. 3 : 5. But our sufficiency is 
of God. 

Ps. 133 : 3. As the dew of Her- 
mon, and as the dew that descended 
upon the mountains of Zion ; for 
there the Lord commanded the 
blessing even life for ever more. 

1 John 2:1. If any man sin we 
have an Advocate with the Father, 
even Jesus Christ the righteous. 

1 Tim. 2: 5. One Mediator be- 
tween God and man, the man Christ 
Jesus. 



Is. 40:28. The Creator of the 
ends of the earth. 

Job 7 : 20. thou Preserver of 
men. 

1 Tim. 2 : 1 That supplications, 
prayers, intercessions and giving of 
thanks, be made for all men. 

Ps. 67 : 2. That thy way may be 
known upon earth, thy saving health 
among all nations. 

Rom. 10 : 14, 15. How shall they 
believe in him, of whom they have 
not heard ? and how shall they hear 



* See Note D, at the end ©f the volume, an Prayer for the Clergy. 



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More especially we pray 
for thy holy church uni- 
versal, 

that it may be so guided 
and governed by thy 
good Spirit, 



that all who profess and 
call themselves Chris 
tians, may be led into 
the way of truth, 
and hold the faith m 
unity of Spirit, in the 
bond of peace, and in 
righteousness of life. 



Finally we commend to 



without a preacher ? and how shall 
they preach, except they be sent ?* 
Ps. 122 : 6. Pray for the 'peace of 
Jerusalem. 

Gal. 6 : 10. Let us do good unto 
all men, especially unto them who 
are of the household of faith. 

Acts 20 : 28. Over the which, the 
Holy Ghost hath made you over- 
seers. 

Acts 15 : 28. It seemed good to 
the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon 
you no greater burthen than these 
necessary things. 

Eph. 2 : 20. In whom ye also are 
builded together for an habitation 
of God through the Spirit. 

[See in 1 Cor. 12, an account of the gifts 
and operations of the Spirit for the edi- 
fying of the church ] 

Eph. 6 : 18. And supplication for 
all saints. 

John 16 : 13. Howbeit when he 
the Spirit of truth is come, he shall 
guide you into all truthA 

Eph. 4 : 3. Endeavoring to keep 
the unity of the Spirit in the bond of 
peace. 

Phil. 1 : 27. Stand fast in one 
spirit, with one mind, striving to- 
gether for the faith of the gospel. 

2 Tim. 2 : 22. Follow righteousness, 
faith, clutrity, with them that call on 
the name of the Lord out of a pure 

Ps." 140 : 12. I know that the 



* When Christians pray this prayer, let them remember these questions 
of the blessed apostle, and then ask themselves whether they are doing 
"what in them lies to further the fulfilment of their petitions. 

f "Grant us, by the same Spirit, to have a right judgment in all things.'* 
—Collect for Whitsunday. 



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thy Fatherly goodness 
all those who are any 
ways afflicted or dis- 
tressed in mind, body or 
estate, that it may please 
thee to comfort and re- 
lieve them according to 
their several necessities, 



giving them patience un- 
der their sufferings, 

and a happy issue out 
of all their afflictions. 



Lord will maintain the cause of the 
afflicted and the right of the poor. 

James 1 : 27. Pure religion and 
undefiled before God and the Fa- 
ther, is this, To visit the fatherless 
and widows in their affliction, and to 
keep himself unspotted from the 
world. 

Ps. 146 : 9. The Lord relieveth the 
fatherless and widow, but the way 
of the wicked he turneth upside 
down. 

2 Thess. 2 : 16, 17. Now our Lord 
Jesus Christ himself, and God, even 
our Father — comfort your hearts. 

Col. 1 : 11. Strengthened with all 
might, according to his glorious 
power, unto all patience, and long- 
suffering with joy fulness. 

Acts 7 : 9, 10. But God was with 
him, and delivered him out of all his 



And this we beg for Je- 
sus Christ's sake. 
Amen. 

T A General Thanksgiving. 

Almighty God, the 
Father of all mercies, 

we, thine unworthy ser- 
vants, 



Heb. 12 : 11. JSTow no chastening 
for the present seemeth to be joyous, 
but grievous ; nevertheless afterward 
it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of 
righteousness, unto them which have 
been exercised thereby. 

2 Cor. 4 : 17. For our light afflic- 
tion, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceeding 
and eternal weight of glory. 

John 14 : 32. Whatsoever ye shall 
ash in my name, I will do. 



2 Cor. 1 : 3. Even the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
mercies. 

Matt. 8:8. I am not worthy, that 
thou shouldst come under my roof. 



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do give thee most hum- 
ble and hearty thanks, 

for all thy goodness and 
loving kindness to ns 
ard to all men. 

"We bless thee for our 
ci eation, 



preservation, 

and all the blessings of 
this life; 

but, above all, for thine 
inestimable love in the 
redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus 
Christ, 

for the means of grace, 



1 Thess. 5:18. In every thing 
give thanks, for this is the will of 
God concerning you. 

Ps. 138 : 2 I will worship toward 
thy holy temple, and praise thy 
name for thy loving kindness and thy 
truth. 

Ps. 139 : 14. I am fearfully and 
wonderfully made. 

Gen. 1 : 27. So God created man 
in his own image. 

1ST eh. 9 : 6. Lord, thou hast made 
all things a.nd thou preserved them 
all. 

Ps. 68 : 19. Blessed be the Lord, 
who daily loadeth us with bene- 
fits. 

Luke 1 : 68. Blessed be the God 
of Israel, for he hath visited and 
redeemed his people. 

2 Cor. 9 : 15. Thanks be unto 
God for his unspeakable gift. 

Eph. 3 : 19. And to know the 
love of Christ, which passeth know- 



and for 
glory, 



the hope of 



and we beseech thee, 
give us that due sense 
of all thy mercies, that 
our hearts may be un 
feignedly thankful, 



Acts 13 : 26. Unto you is the word 
of this salvation sent. 

Matt. 28 : 19. Go ye therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Col. 1 : 27. Christ in you the hope 
of glory. 

Rom. 5 : 2. By whom also we — 
rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 

Rom. 2 : 4. Knowing that the 
goodness of God leadeth thee to re- 
pentance. 

Col. 3 : 15. And let the peace of 
God rule in your hearts — and be ye 
thankful. 



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and that ve may show 
forth thy praise, 

not only with our lips, 
but in our lives, 



by giving up ourselves 
to thy servicer 



and by walking before 
thee in holiness and 
righteousness all c 
days, 

through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, 

to whom with thee, and 
the Holy Ghost, be all 
honor and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 

•j" A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 

Almighty God, who 
hast given us grace at 
this time, with one ac- 
cord to make our com- 



1 Pet. 2 : 9. That ye should show 
forth the praises of him that called 
you out of darkness into his mar- 
vellous light. 

Matt. ] 5 : 8. This people draweth 
nigh unto me with their mouth, and 
honoreth me with their lips, but their 
heart is far from me. 

Rom. 6 : 4. Even so should we 
also walk in newness of life. 

Rom. 6:13. Yield yourselves unto 
God, as those that were alive from 
the dead. 

Rom. 12 : 1. I beseech you, there- 
fore, by the mercies of God, that ye 
present your bodies a living sacrifice, 
holy and acceptable unto God, which 
is your reasonable service. 

1 Cor. 6 : 20. For ye were bought 
with a price, therefore glorify God 
in your bodies and spirits, which aie 
his. 

Eph. 5 : 8. Walk as children of 
the light. 

Luke 1 : 75. In holiness and 
righteousness before him all the days 
of our life. 

Phil. 4 : 13. / can do all things 
through Christ, which strengtheneth 
me. 

Ps. 115: 1. Not unto us, O Lord, 
not unto us, but unto thy name give 
glory, for thy mercy and for thy 
truth's sake. 

[See quotations upon the Doxology.] 

Zech. 12 : 10. I will pour out upon 
the house of David and upon the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of 
grace and supplication. 

Heb. 12 : 28. Let us have grace 



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mon supplications unto 
thee ; 



and dost promise that 
where two or three are 
gathered together in thy 
name, thou wilt grant 
their requests ; 

fulfil now, O Lord, the 
desires and petitions of 
thy servants, 

as may be most expe- 
dient for them : 



vmereby ive may serve God acceptably, 
with reverence and godly fear. 

Acts. 1 : 14. These all continued 
with, one accord in prayer and supplied' 
tion. 

Matt. 18 : 19, 20. Again I say un- 
to you, that if two of you shall 
agree on earth, as touching any 
thing that they shall ask, it shall be 
done for them of my Father, which 
is in heaven : for where tivo or three 
are gathered together in my name, there 
am I in the midst of them. 

Ps. 145 : 19. He will fulfil the de- 
sires of them that fear him. 

Ps. 20 : 5. The Lord fulfil all thy 
petitions. 

Ps. 84 : 11. No good thing will he 
withhold from them that walk up- 
rightly 

2 Cor. 12 : 8, 9. For this thing I 
besought the Lord thrice, that it 
might depart from me. And he said, 
my grace is sufficient for thee, for my 
strength is made perfect in weak- 
ness. Most gladly therefore will I ra- 
ther glory in my infirmities, that the 
power of Christ may rest upon me. 
granting us in this world 1 Tim. 1 : 2. AVho will have all 
knowledge of thy truth men to be saved, and to come to the 
and in the world knowledge of the truth. 
come, life everlasting.* 
Amen. 

2 Cor. 13: 14. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, 
and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all ever- 
more. Amen. 

[Here endeth the order of the Morning and Evening Prayer. J 

* For particular and private blessings, we must ask with deference to the 
will and the wisdom of God. For knowledge of the truth and salvation, 
we may ask without reserve, knowing that such petitions are always agree- 
able to the divine will. 



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THE LITANY, 



Or General Supplication, to be used after Morning Service, on Sundays, 
Wednesdays, and Fridays. 

[1. The Invocation.] 

O God, the Father of 
heaven; have mercy upon 
us miserable sinners. 

God, the Father of 
heaven ; have mercy upon 
us miserable sinners. 



O God, the Son, Re- 
deemer of the world ; 
have mercy upon us, 
miserable sinners. 

God, the Son, Re- 
deemer of the world; have 
mercy upon us, miserable 
sinners. 

O God, the Holy Ghost, t 
proceeding from the Fa- 
ther and the Son ; have 
mercy upon us, misera 
ble sinners. 

God, the Holy Ghost, 
proceeding from the Father 
and the Son ; have mercy 
upon us, miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed and 
glorious Trinity, three 
persons and one God ; 



Luke 11 : 13. Your heavenly Fa- 
ther. 

Ps. 4:1. Have mercy upon me, and 
hear my prayer. 

Luke 18 : 13. God be merciful to me 
a sinner. 

Rev. 4 : 17 — wretched and misera- 
ble, and poor, and blind, and naked. 

Rev. 5 : 9. Thou hast redeemed us 
to God by thy blood out of every kin- 
dred, and tongue, and people and nation. 
John 1:1. The word was God. 
Rev. 1 : 8. I am Alpha and Ome- 
ga, the beginning and the ending, 
saith the Lord, which is, and which 
was, and which is to come, the Al- 
mighty.* 

John 14 : 16. I will pray the Fa- 
ther, and he shall give you another 
Comforter, that he may abide with 
you forever, even the Sprit of truth. 

John 16:7. If I go not away, the 
Comforter will not come unto you, 
but if I depart, I will send him unto 
you. [See on the second Creed.] 



2 Cor. 13 : 14. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the 



* The connection, and particularly, verses 11, 13, 17, 18, show that this 
was spoken by Christ. 

f See Note E, at the end of the volume, on the Personality and Worship 
of the Holy Ghost. 



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have mercy upon us 
miserable sinners. 

holy, blessed and glo 
rious Trinity, three persons 
and one God ; have mercy 
upon as, miserable sinners. 

[2. The Deprecations.] 

Remember not, Lord, 
our offences, nor the 
offences of our forefa- 
thers ; 

neither take thou ven- 
geance of our sins ; 
<pare us, good Lord 
pare thy people, 

whom thou hast re- 
deemed with thy most 
precious blood, 

and be not angry with 
us forever. 

Spare us good Lord. 

From all evil and 
mischief ; 

from sin ; 



from the crafts and as- 
saults of the devil ; 



Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen. 



Isa. 43 : 25. And will not remem- 
ber thy sins. 

Ex. 20 : 5. Visiting the iniquities 
of the fathers upon the children. 

Nahum 1 : 2. The Lord will take 
vengeance on his adversaries. 

Joel 2 : 17. Let the priests, the 
ministers of the Lord, weep between 
the porch and the altar, and let 
them say, Spare thy people, Lord. 

1 Pet, 1 : 18, 19. Forasmuch as 
ye know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver and 
gold — but with the precious blood of 
Christ. 

Ps. 85 : 5. Wilt thou be angry with 
us for ever ? 



Matt. 6 : 13. Deliver us from evil. 
Isa. 47 : 11. And mischief shall 
fall upon them. 

Rom. 6 : 12. Let not sin therefore 
reign in your mortal bodies, that 
ye should obey it in the lusts there- 
of. 

Eph. 6 : 11. Put on therefore the 
whole armor of God, that ye may be 
able to stand against the wiles of the 
devil. 

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from thy wrath, and 
from everlasting damna- 
tion ; 



2 Cor. 2: 11. Lest Satan get an 
advantage of us, for we are not ig- 
norant of his devices. 

1 Pet. 5:8. Be sober, be vigilant, 
because your adversary, the devil, 
as a roaring lion, goeth about, seek- 
ing whom he may devour. 

Eph. 5 : 6. Because of these things 
cometh the wrath of God upon the 
children of disobedience. 

2 Thess. 1 : 9. Who shall be pun- 
ished with everlasting destruction from 
the presence of the Lord. 



Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all blindness of 
heart ; 



from pride, 
vain glory, 

and hypocrisy • 

from envy, 
hatred, 
and malice, 



Eph. 4 : 18. Having the under- 
standing darkened, being alienated 
from the life of God, through the 
ignorance that is in them because 
of the blindness of their heart. 

Prov. 16 : 18. Pride goeth before 
destruction, and a haughty spirit 
before a fall. 

Matt. 6:2. When thou doest 
thine alms, do not sound a trumpet 
before thee, as the hypocrites do, in 
the synagogues and in the streets, 
that they may have glory of men. 

Matt. 23 : 14 And for a pretence 
make long prayer. 

Acts 5 : 4. Thou hast not lied un- 
to men, but unto God. 

James 3 : 16. Where envying and 
strife is, there is confusion and every 
evil work. 

1 John 4 : 20. If a man say, I love 
God, and hateth his brother, he is a 
liar. 

Eph. 4 : 31. Let ' all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, 
and evil speaking, be put away 
from you, with all malice. 



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and all uncharitableness: 



Good Lord, deliver us. 
From all inordinate and 
sinful affection, 



and from all the deceits 
of the world, 



the flesh, 



and the devil ; 



Good Lord, deliver us. 

From lightning and 
tempest ; from plague, 
pestilence and famine ; 



1 Cor. 13 : 4. Charity suffereth 
long, and is kind, charity envieth 
not, charity vaunteth not itself, is 
not puffed up. 

1 Cor. 2. And though I have all 
faith, so that I could remove moun- 
tains, and have not charity, I am 
nothing. 

Col. 3 : 5. Mortify therefore your 
members which are upon earth, for- 
nication, uncleanness, inordinate af- 
fection, evil concupiscence, and 
covetousness, which is idolatry. 

Mark 4 : 19. And the cares of this 
world, and the deceitfidness of riches, 
and the lusts of other things, enter- 
ing in, choke the word, and it be- 
cometh unfruitful. 

Rom. 7 : 5. For when we were 
in the flesh, the motions of sin which 
were by the law, did work in our 
members to bring forth fruit unto 
death. 

Gal. 5 : 24. They that are Christ's 
have crucified the flesh with its af- 
fections and lusts. 

Gal. 6:8. He that soweth to his 
flesh, shall of the flesh reap corrup- 
tion. 

2 Tim. 2 : 26. That they may re- 
cover themselves out of the snare of 
the devil, who are taken captives by 
him at his will. 

[See above, under " Crafts and Assaults of 
the Devil." p. 65.] 



1 Kings 8 : 37. If there be in the 
land famine, if there be pestilence, 
blasting, mildew, locust, or if there 



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from battle and murder 
and from sudden death 



be caterpillar ; if their enemy besiege 
them in the land of their cities ; 
whatsoever plague, whatsoever sick- 
ness there be ; what prayer and 
supplication soever be made by any 
man or by all thy people Israel, 
which shall know every man the 
plague of his own heart, and spread 
forth his hands towards this house ; 
then hear thou in heaven thy dwell- 
ing place, and forgive. 



Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all sedition, 
privy conspiracy, and 
rebellion ; 

from all false doctrine,* 
heresy, 



1 Tim 2 : 2. That we may lead a 
quiet and peaceable life, in all god- 
liness and honesty. 

Gal. 5 : 20. Seditions, [placed 
among the "works of the flesh."] 

1 Tim. 4:16. Take heed to thy- 
self and to the doctrine. 

1 Tim. 4:1. The Spirit speaketh 
expressly that in the latter times, 
some shall depart from the faith, 
giving heed to seducing spirits, and 
doctrines of devils. 

Tit. 2 : 7.' In doctrine showing un- 
corruptness. 

2 Thess. 2 : 13. God hath chosen 
you to salvation, through sanctifi- 
cation of the Spirit, and belief of the 
truth. 

Jude 3. Contend earnestly for the 
faith, which was once delivered to 
the saints. 

2 Pet. 2:1. But there were false 
prophets also among the people, 
even as there shall be false teachers 
among you, who privily shall bring 
in damnable heresies, even denying 
the Lord that bought them, and bring 



* See Note F, at the end of the volume, on the Importance of a Right 
Belief. 



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upon themselves swift destruction. 

1 Kings 22 : 20—22. And the 
Lord, said, who shall persuade 
Ahab, that he may go up and fall at 
Ramoth-gilead ? — And there came 
forth a spirit and stood before the 
Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 
And the Lord said unto him, Where- 
with ? And he said, I will go forth, 
arid I will be a lying spirit in the 
mouth of all his prophets. And he 
said, Thou shalt persuade him, and 
prevail also. 

and schism; John 17 : 11. Holy Father, keep 

through thine own name, those, 
whom thou hast given me, that they 
may be one, as we are. 

1 Cor. 1 : 10. Now I beseech you, 
brethren, by the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the 
same thing, and that there be no 
divisions among you, but that ye be 
perfectly joined together, in the same 
mind and in the same judgment. 

1 Cor. 12 : 25. That there should 
be no schism in the body, 
from hardness of heart, Mark 16 : 14. Afterward he ap- 
peared unto the eleven, as they sat 
at meat, and upbraided them with 
their unbeZiej* and hardness of heart, 
because they believed not them which 
had seen him, after he was risen, 
and contempt of thy 2 Sam. 12 : 9. Wherefore hast thou 
Word, and Command- despised the commandment of the 
■mmt . Lord, to do evil in his sight ? 

' Ps. 10 : 13. Wherefore doth the 

wicked contemn God ? He hath 
said in his heart, Thou wilt not re- 
quire it. 

Mark 7 : 8. For laying aside the 
commandment of God, ye hold the 
tradition of men. 



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Good Lord, deliver us. 
By the mystery of thy 
lioly incarnation ;* 



by thy holy nativity and 
circumcision ; by thy 
baptism, 



fasting, 

and temptation ; 



Good Lord, deliver us. 
By thine agony and 
bloody sweat ; 



by thy cross and pas- 
sion : 



1 Tim 3:16. Great is the mystery 
of godliness ; God was manifest in the 
flesh. 

Heb. 2 : 14. Forasmuch then as 
the children were partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also took part of the 
same ; that through death, he might 
destroy him that had the power of 
death, that is, the devil. 

Matt. 3 : 13—15. Then cometh 
Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto 
John, to be baptized of him. But 
John forbade him, saying, I have 
need to be baptized of thee, and 
comest thou to me ? And Jesus an- 
swering, said unto him, Suffer it to 
be so now ; for thus it becometh us 
to fulfil all righteousness. 

Matt. 4 : 2. And when he had 
fasted forty days and forty nights, 
he was afterwards an hungered. 

Heb. 2: 17, 18. Wherefore in all 
things it behooved him to be made 
like unto his brethren, that he might 
be a merciful and faithful high 
priest in things pertaining to God, 
to make reconciliation for the sins of 
the people. For in that he himself 
hath suffered being tempted, he 4s 
able to succor them that are tempted. 

Luke 22 : 44. And being in an 
agony, he prayed more earnestly, 
and his sweat was as it were great 
drops of blood, falling down to the 
ground. 

John 19 : 17, 18. And he bearing 
his cross, went forth into a place. 



* See Note G, at the end of the volume, on the Obsecrations. 



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by thy precious death, 
and burial ; 



by thy glorious resurrec- 
tion, 



and ascension, 



and by the coming of 
the Holy Ghost ; 



called the place of a skull, which 
is called, in the Hebrew, Golgotha, 
where they crucified him. 

1 Pet, 3 : 18. For Christ also hath 
once suffered for sins, the just for the 
unjust, that he might bring us to 
God. 

Luke 24 : 46. And when Jesus 
had cried with a loud voice, he said, 
Father, into thy hands I commend 
my spirit ; and having said thus, he 
gave up the ghost. 

1 Cor. 15:3. For I delivered unto 
you, first of all, that which I also 
received, how that Christ died for 
our sins, according to the Scriptures, 
and was buried, <cc. 

1 Cor. 15 : 20. Now is Christ risen 
from the dead, and become the first 
fruits of them that slept. 

1 Pet. 1 : 21. Who by him do be- 
lieve in God, that raised him up 
from, the dead, and gave him glory, 
that your faith and hope might be 
in God. 

Acts 1 : 9. And when be had 
spoken these things, while they be- 
held, he was taken up, and a cloud 
received him out of their sight. 

Eph. 4 : 8. When he ascended up 
on high, he led captivity captive, 
and gave gifts unto men. 

John 15 : 26. But when the Com- 
forter is come, whom I will send un- 
to you from the Father, even the 
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth 
from the Father, he shall testify of 
e. 

Acts 2 : 1 — 4. And when the day 
of Pentecost was fully come, they 
were all with one accord in one 
place. And suddenly there came a 



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Good Lord, deliver us. 
In all time of our 
tribulation ; 



in all time of our pro 
perity ; 



in the hour of death, 



and in the day of judg- 
ment ; 



Good Lord, deliver us. 

[3. The Intercessions.] 

We sinners do beseech 
thee to hear us, O Lord 



sound from heaven, as of a rushing 
mighty wind, and it filled all the 
house, where they were sitting. And 
there appeared unto them cloven 
tongues, like as of fire, and it sat 
upon each of them. And they were 
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began 
to speak with other tongues, as the 
Spirit gave them utterance, 

John 16 : 10. In the world ye 
shall have tribulation, but be of good 
cheer, I have overcome the world. 

Rom. 5 : 3. We glory in tribula- 
tions also, knowing that tribulation 
worketh patience. 

Ps. 30 : 6. In my prosperity, I said, 
I shall never be moved. 

Rom. 11 : 20. Be not high-minded, 
but fear. 

Prov. 1 : 32. The prosperity of 
fools shall destroy them. 

Ps. 23 : 4. Yea, though I walk 
through the valley of the shadow of 
death, I will fear no evil ; for thou 
art with me, thy rod, and thy staff, 
they comfort me. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9. The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of 
temptation, and to reserve the unjust 
unto the day of judgment to be pun- 
ished. 

Matt, 25 : 34. Then shall the King 
say unto them on his right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, in- 
herit the kingdom prepared for you, 
from the foundation of the world. 



Dan. 9 : 17. Now therefore, our 
God, hear the prayer of thy servant 



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God ; and that it may 
please thee to rule and 
govern thy holy church 
universal in the right 
way; 



We beseech thee to hear 

That it may please 
thee to bless and pre- 
serve all Christian rulers 
and magistrates, giving 
them grace to execute 
justice, and to maintain 
truth ; 



and his supplications, and cause thy 
face to shine upon thy sanctuary 
that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 

Matt. 28 : 20. Lo I am with you 
always, even unto the end of the 
world. 

1 Cor. 12 : 18. But now God hath 
set the members, every one of them 
in the body, as it hath pleased him. 

Eph. 5 : 27. That he might pre- 
sent it to himself a glorious church, 
not having spot or wrinkle or any 
such thing, but that it should be 
holy and without blemish. 

us, good Lord. 

Rom. 13 : 3. For riders are not a 
terror to good works, but to the evil. 

Rom. 13 : 4. He is the minister of 
God — a revenger to execute wrath 
upon him that doeth evil. 

2 Chron. 19:6. And said unto the 
judges, Take heed what ye do, for 
ye judge not for man, but for the 
Lord. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please 
thee to illuminate all 
Bishops, Priests, and 
Deacons, with true 
knowledge and under- 
standing of thy Word ; 



and that both by their 
preaching and living, 
they may set it forth and 
show it accordingly ; 



Mai. 2 : 7. For the priest's Hps 
should keep knowledge, and they should 
seek the law at his mouth. 

Matt, 15 : 14. Ye are the light of 
the world. 

Matt. 15 : 14 If the blind lead 
the blind, both shall fall into the 
ditch. 

2 Tim. 2 : 7. The Lord give thee 
understanding in all things. 

2 Tim. 4 : 2. Preach the word- 
be instant in season, out of season. 

Jer. 23:28. He that hath my 
word, let him speak my word faith- 
fully. 



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1 Tim. 4 : 12. Be thou an example 
of the believers, in word, in conversa- 
tion, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in 
purity. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord, 



That it may please 
thee to bless and keep 
all thy people ; 



Ps. 28 : 9. Save thy people, 
bless thine inheritance ; feed 
also and lift them up for ever. 



and 
them 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



Is. 2 : 4. And he shall judge 
among the nations, and shall rebuke 
many people, and they shall beat 
their swords into plough-shares, and 
their spears into pruning-hooks ; na- 
tion shall not lift up sword against 
nation, neither shall they learn war 
any more. 
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord, 



That it may please 
thee to give to all na- 
tions unity, peace, and 
concord ; 



That it may please 
thee to give us an heart 
to love and fear thee, 
and diligently to live af- 
ter thy commandments; 



Deut. 6 : 5. Thou shalt love tlie 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. 

1 John 5 : 3. This is the love of 
God, that we keep his command- 
ments. 

Prov. 16 : 6. By the fear of the 
Lord, men depart from evil. 

Deut. 6 : 17. Ye shall diligently 
keep the commandments of the Lord 
your God. 
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord, 



That it may please 
thee to give to all thy 
people increase of grace, 
to hear meekly thy word, 



James 1 : 21. And receive with 
meekness the engrafted word, which is 
able to save your souls. 

Heb. 4 : 2. But the word preached 
did not profit them, not being mixed 
with faith in them that heard it. 

1 Thess. 2 : 13. For this cause, 
also, we thank God without ceasing, 



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and to receive it with 
pure affection, 



and to bring forth the 
fruits of the Spirit ; 



because, when ye received the word 
of God which ye heard of us, ye 
received it not as the word of men, 
but as it is in truth, the word of God, 
which effectually worketh also in 
you that believe. 

Is. G6 : 2. But to this man will I 
look, even to him that is of a con* 
trite spirit, and that trembleth at my 

WOrd 

Ps. 119 : 97. O how love I thy law; 
it is my meditation all the day. 

2 Thess. 2 : 10. Because they re- 
ceived not the love of the truth, that 
they might be saved. 

Gal. 5 : 22. But the fruit of the 
jirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffer- 
ing, gentleness, goodness, faith, meek- 
ness, temperance. 

2 Pet. 1 : 5—8. And beside this 
giving all diligence, add to your 
faith virtue ; and to virtue, know- 
ledge ; and to knowledge, temper- 
ance ; and to temperance, patience ; 
and to patience, godliness ; and to 
godliness, brotherly kindness ; and 
to brotherly kindness, charity. For 
if these things be in you, and 
abound, they make you, that ye 
hall neither be barren nor unfruit- 
ful in the knoicledgc of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to bring into the 
way of truth, all such 
as have erred and are 
deceived ; 



2 Pet, 2 : 2. And many shall fol- 
low their [i. e. the false teachers'] 
pernicious ways, by reason of whom, 
the way of truth shall be evil spoken 
of. 

2 Tim. 2 : 25, 26. If God will per- 
adventure give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth, that 



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they may recover themselves out of 
the snare of the devil. 

Is. 44 : 20. A deceived heart hath 
turned him aside. 
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to strengthen such 
as do stand, 



and to comfort and help 
the -weak-hearted, 

and to raise up those 
who fall, 

and finally to beat down 
Satan under our feet ; 



Ps. 27 : 14. Wait on the Lord ; be 
of good courage and he shall 
strengthen thy heart. 

Eph 3 : 16. That he would grant 
you, according to the riches of his 
glory, to be strengthened with all 
might by his Spirit in the inner 
man. 

1 Thess. 5:14. Comfort the feeble 
minded, support the weak. 

Is. 42 : 3. A bruised reed shall 
he not break. 

Ps. 145 : 14. The Lord upholdeth 
all that fall, and raiseth up all those 
that be bowed down. 

Rom. 16 : 20. And the God of 
peace shall bruise Satan under your 
feet shortly, 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



Ps. 60 : 11. Give us help from 
trouble, for vain is the help of man. 

James 2 : 15. If a brother or sis- 
ter be naked, and destitute of daily 
food, and one of you say unto them, 
depart in peace, be ye warmed and 
filled ; notwithstanding ye give them 
not those things, which are needful 
for the body ; what doth it profit ? 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to succor, help, and 
comfort all who are in 
danger, necessity, and 
tribulation ; 



That it may please 
thee to preserve all who 
travel by land or by 
water, 



Ezra 8 : 11. And the hand of our 
God was upon us, and he delivered 
us from the hand of the enemy, and 
of such as lay in wait by the way. 

Ps. 107 : 29. He maketh the storm 



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all women in the perils 
of childbirth, all sick 
persons, and young chil- 
dren, 



and to show thy pity 
upon all prisoners and 
captives ; 



a calm, so that the waves thereof 
are still. 

1 Tim. 2 : 15. Notwithstanding 
she shall be saved in childbearing, 
if they continue in faith and charity, 
and holiness, with sobriety. 

James 5 : 15. And the prayer of 
faith shall save the sick, and the 
Lord shall raise him up. 

Heb. 13 : 3. Remember them that 
are in bonds, as bound with them ; 
and them that suffer adversity, as 
being yourselves also in the body. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to defend and pro- 
vide for the fatherless 
children and widows, 
and all who are desolate 
and oppressed ; 



Ps. 146 : 9. The Lord preserved 
the stranger ; he relieveth the father- 
less and widow. 

Ps. 68 : 5. A Father of the father- 
less, and a Judge of the widows, is God 
in his holy habitation. 

James 1 : 27. Pure religion, and 
undefiled, before God and the Fa- 
ther, is this, To visit the fatherless 
and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from the 
world. 

Ps. 146 : 7. Which executeth judg- 
ment for the oppressed. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to have mercy upon 
all men ; 



1 Tim. 2 : 1, 3, 4. I exhort there- 
fore that, first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions and giving of 
thanks, be made for all men; — for 
this is good and acceptable in the 
sight of God our Saviour, who will 
have all men to repent and to come 
to the knowledge of the truth. 



We beseech thet to hear us, good Lord. 



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please 



Matt. 5 : 44. But I say unto yon, 
love your enemies, bless them that 
curse you, do good to them that hate 
you, and pray for them that despite - 
fully use you and persecute you. 

Luke 23 : 34. Father forgive them, 
for they know not what they do. 

Acts 7 : 66. Lord, lay not this sin 
to their charge. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may 
thee to forgive our en- 
emies, persecutors, and 
slanderers, and to turn 
their hearts ; 



That it may please 
thee to give and preserve 
to our use the kindly 
fruits of the earth, so 
that in due time we may 
enjoy them ; 



Luke 11 : 3. Give as day by day 
our daily bread. 

Ps. 34 : 10. The young lions do 
lack and suffer hunger, but they 
that wait on the Lord shall not want 
any good thing. 

Acts 14 : 17. And he gave us rain 
from heaven, and fruitful seasons, 
filling our hearts with food and glad- 
ness. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to give us true re- 
pentance, 

to forgive us all our sins, 
negligences, and igno- 
rances,* 



2 Tim. 2 : 25. If God peradven- 
ture will give them repentance, to the 
acknowledging of the truth. 

Ps. 19 : 12, 13. Yfho can under- 
stand his errors ? cleanse thou me 
from secret faults ; keep back thy 
servant also from presumptuous 
sins. 

Ps. 51 : 9. Blot out all mine ini- 
quities. 



* " Sins; evils, which are done deliberately, with the consent of amis- 
guided will. Negligences ; offences, which are committed from want of 
care or consideration, being done rashly, and while we minded somewhat 
else. Ignorances ; those faults, which we run into by eTror and mistake, 
and should not have acted them, if we had known them to be crimes." 
— Comber. It is necessary to seek forgiveness of negligences and ignoran- 
ces, as well as of sins, for negligence is always criminal, and ignorance, not 
unfrequently. 



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and to endue us with the 
grace of thy Holy Spirit, 
to amend our lives ac- 
cording to thy Holy 
Word ; 



Rom. 8 : 13, 14. For if ye live af- 
ter the flesh ye shall die, but if ye 
through the Spirit do mortify the 
deeds of the body, ye shall live. 
For as many as are led by the Spirit 
of God, they are the sons of God. 

Ezek. 36 : 27. And I will put my 
Spirit within you, and cause you to 
walk in my statutes. 

2 Thess. 2 : 13. Because God hath 
from the beginning chosen you to 
salvation through sanctification of the 
Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



Son of God, we be- 
seech thee to hear us. 

Son of God, we beseech 
thee, to hear us. 



O Lamb of God, who 
takest away the sins of 
the world ; 



John 5 : 33. That all men should 
honor the Son, even as they honor 
the Father. 

Rev. 2 : 18, 20, 21, 23. These 
things saith the Son of God, — / have 
a few things against thee, because 
thou sufTerest that woman Jezebel, 
&c. — and / gave her space to repent, 
&c. And I will kill her children 
with death, and all the churches 
shall know that / am he ivhich 
searcheth the reins and the hearts ; and 
I will give unt.o every one of you accord- 
ing to your works. 

Rev. 5 : 12, 13. Worthy is the 
Lamb, that was slain, to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, and 
honor, and glory and blessing. And 
every creature, which is in heaven, 
and on the earth, and under the 
earth, and such as are in the sea, and 
all that are in them, heard I saying, 
Blessing, and honor, and glory, and 
power, be unto him that sitteth upon 
the throne and unto the Lamb for ever 
and ever. 



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Grant us thy peace. John 14 : 27. My peace I give unto 

you. 

Kom. 1 : 7. Grace to you and peace 
from God the Father and from the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 
O Lamb of God, who Rev. 6:16. And said to the moun- 
takest away the sins of tains and rocks, fall on us and hide 

the world • us from tlie face of n * m tnat sitt eth 

on the throne and from the wrath of 
the Lamb. 

Have mercy upon us* Ps. 2 : 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be 
angry, and ye perish from the way, 
when his wrath is kindled but a 
little. 



The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all that follows, to the Prayer, 1 
humbly beseech thee, O Father," &c. 

[O Christ, hear us. 
Christ, hear us. 
Lord, ha ve mercy 
upon us. 

Lord, have tnercy upon 

US. 

Christ, have mercy 
upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon 
us. 

Lord, have mercy 
upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon 



We 



Luke 18 : 13. And the publican, 
standing afar off, would not so much 
as lift up his eyes to heaven, but 
smote upon his breast, saying, God 
be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, 
this man went down to his house 
justified, rather than the other. 



* See Note H, at the end of the volume, on the Worship of Christ. 



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T Then shall the Minister, and the People with him, say the Lord's Prayer. 
[4. The Supplications.] 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; 
Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done on earth as it is in 
heaven ; Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us 
our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us ; 
And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 



Min. O Lord, deal not 
with us according to our 
sins. 

Ans. Neither reward 
us according to our in- 
iquities. 

O God, merciful Fa 
ther, who despisest not 
the sighing of a contrite 
heart, 

nor the desire of such 
as are sorrowful ; 



mercifully assist our 
prayers, which we make 
before thee in all our 
troubles, and adversities; 



Ps, 103 : 10. He hath not dealt 
with us after our sins ; 

Ps. 103 : 10. — Nor rewarded us ac- 
cording to our iniquities. 

^ Let us pray.* 

Ps. 51: 17. A broken and contrite 
heart, God, thou wilt not despise. 

Ps. 12 : 5. For the oppression of 
the poor, for the sighing of the needy, 
now will I arise saith the Lord. 

Ps. 38 : 9. Lord, all my desire is 
before thee, and my groaning is not 
hid from thee. 

Ps. 69 : 29. I am poor and sor- 
rowful ; let thy salvation, O God, set 
me up on high. 

Ps. 10 : 17. Lord, thou hast heard 
the desire of the humble, thou loilt 
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine 
ear to hear. 

Ps. 9 : 9. The Lord also will be 



* This Rubric seems to come in inappositely, inasmuch as it meets us in 
the midst of prayer. But here is a transition from short petitions to which 
the people respond, to longer prayers, to which they are to listen and as- 
sent. "And therefore," says the Homily of Common Prayer and Sacra- 
ments, "in our Common Prayer, doth the minister often say, Let us pray, 
meaning thereby to admonish the people, that they should prepare their 
ears to hear what he should crave atG-od's hand, and their hearts to consent 
to the same, and their tongues to say, Amen, at the end thereof." 
6 



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whensoever they oppress 
us ; 



and graciously hear us, 
that those evils, which 
the craft and subtilty of 
the Devil or man work- 
eth against us, 



may, "by thy good provi 
dence, be 'brought to 
nought ; 

that we, thy servants, 
being hurt by no perse 
cutions, may evermore 
give thanks unto thee in 
thy holy church, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, 



Lord, arise, help its and 
deliver us for thy name's 
sake. 



a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge 
in times of trouble. 

Ps. 34 : 6. This poor man cried, 
and the Lord heard him, and saved 
him out of all his trouble. 

2 Cor. 11 : 13. But I fear, lest by 
any means as the serpent beguiled Eve 
through his subtilty, so your mind 
should be corrupted from the sim- 
plicity, that is in Christ. 

Eph. 6 : 16—18. Above all tak- 
ing the shield of faith, wherewith 
ye shall be able to quench all the 
fiery darts of the wicked. And take 
the helmet of salvation, and the 
sword of the Spirit, which is the 
word of God ; praying always with 
all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit, and watching thereunto with 
all perseverance. 

2 Thess. 3 : 2. And that we may 
be delivered from unseasonable and 
wicked men. 

Ps. 33 : 10. The Lord bringeth the 
counsel of the heathen to nought ; — 
he maketh the devices of the people 
of none effect. 

Acts 9 : 31 . Then had the churches 
rest [i. e. from persecution] through- 
out all Judea, and Galilee, and Sa- 
maria, and were edified ; and walk- 
ing in the fear of God, and in the 
comfort of the Holy Ghost, were 
multiplied. 

Ps. 79 : 13. So we thy people and 
sheep of thy pasture, mil give thee 
thanks for ever. 

Ps. 35 : 18. I will .give thanks in 
the great congregation. 

Ps. 44 : 26. Arise for our help, and 
redeem us for thy mercies' sake. 

Ps. 79 : 9. Help us, O God of our 



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salvation, for the glory of thy name, 
and deliver us and purge away our 
sins, for thy name's sake. 
O God, we have heard Ps. 44 : 1. We have heard with our 
with our ears, and owr ears > God; our fathers have told us, 
fathers have declared ^rk thou didst in their days, in 

, , , t/ie times of old. 
unto us the noble works, 

that thou didst in their 
days, aud in the old 
time before them. 

Lord, arise, help us, 
and deliver us for thine 
honor. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 
Ghost. 

Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 
world without end. Amen. 



Ps. 79 : 10. Wherefore should the 
heathen say, Where is their God ? 



From our enemies, de- 
fend us, O Christ. 



Graciously look 
our afflictions. 



upon 



With pity behold the 
soitows of our hearts. 



Morcifidly forgive the 
sins of thy people. 



Favorably, with mer- 



Luke 1 : 69, 71. Hath raised up 
an horn of salvation for us [i. e. 
Christ] — That we should be saved 
from our enemies, and from the hand 
of all that hate us. 

Ex. 3 : 7. And the Lord said, / 
have surely seen the afflictions of my 
)ple, which are in Egypt, and have 
heard their cry. 

Heb. 4 : 15. For we have not an 
high priest, who cannot be touched 
with the feeling of our infirmities, 
but was in all points tempted like 
as we are, yet without sin. 

Heb. 4 : 16. Let us therefore come 
boldly unto the throne of grace, that 
we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. 

Ps. 25: 18. Look upon mine afflic- 
tion, and my pain, and forgive all mg 
sins. 

Job 33 : 26. He shall pray unto 



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cy, hear our prayers. 

Son of David, have 
mercy upon us. 

Both now and ever, 
vouchsafe to hear us, O 
Christ. 

Graciously hear us, 
Christ, graciously hear us, 
Lord Christ 



God, and he will be favorable unto 
him, and he shall see his face with 



Min. O Lord, let thy 
mercy be showed upon 
us ; 

Ans. As we do put 
our trust in thee. 

"We humbly beseech 
thee, O Father, merci 
fully to look up on our 
infirmities ; 



and for the glory of thy 
name, turn from us all 
those evils which we 
most justly have de- 
served ; 



and grant that m all our 
troubles we may put our 



J £att. 9 : 27. Thou Son of David 
have mercy upon us. 

1 John 5 : 14. And this is the 
confidence that we have in him, that 
if we ask anything according to his 
will, he heareth us. 

Dan. 9 : 18, 19. O my God, incline 
thine ear and hear ; open thine eyes 
and behold our desolations. O Lord ! 
hear : O Lord ! forgive : O Lord 1 
hearken and do ; defer not, for thine 
own sake, O my God. 

Ps. 33 : 22. Let thy mercy, Lord, 
be upon us. 

Ps. 33 : 22»— According as ive hope 
in thee. 

^ Let us pray, 

Sam. 3 : 32. But though he cause 
grief, yet will he have compassion 
according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

Ps. 103 : 14. For he knoweth our 
frame, he remembereth that we are 
dust. 

Ps. 103 : 10. He hath not dealt 
with us according to our sins, nor 
rewarded us according to our iniqui- 
ties. 

Jonah 3 : 10. And God saw their 
works, that they turned from their 
evil way ; and God repented of the 
evil, that he had said he would do 
unto them, and he did it not. 

Ps. 50 : 15. Call upon me in the 
y of trouble ; I will deliver thee, 
and thou shalt glorify me. 



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whole trust and confi- 
dence in thy mercy ; 



and evermore serve thee 
in holiness and pureness 
of living, to thy honor 
and glory, 



Ps. 42 : 5. Why art thou cast 
down, O my soul ! and why art 
rhou disquieted within me ? hope 
thou in God, for I shall yet praise 
him for the help of his countenance. 

Job. 13 : 15. Though he slay me, 
yet icill I trust in him. 

John 15:8. Herein is my Father 
glorified that ye bear much fruit. 

John 15 : 2. And every branch 
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it that 
it may bring forth more fruit. 

Heb. 12:11. Now no chastening 
for the present seemeth to be joyous, 
but grievous; nevertheless, after- 
ward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit 
of righteousness, unto them, which 
are exercised thereby. 

through our only Medi 

ator and Advocate, Jesus [See Prayer for Clergy and People. J 
Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

T A general Thanksgiving. 

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy 
servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all 
thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We 
bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings 
of this life ; but, above all, for thine inestimable love in the 
redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the 
means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech 
thee,.give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts 
may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth 
thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving 
up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in 
holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord ; to whom, with thee, and the Holy Ghost, be all 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 

Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with 



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one accord, to make our common supplications unto thee, and 
dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together 
in thy name, thou wilt grant their requests ; fulfil, now, O 
Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be 
most expedient for them ; granting us, in this world, know- 
ledge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. 
Amen. 

2 Cor. 13:14. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, 
and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. 
Amen. 

Here endeth the Litany. 



NOTES. 



I^ote A. — Page 9. On the Sentences, and Preparation for 
Worship. 

The introductory sentences are to be read, by the minister, 
as admonitions to those, who have assembled for worship, of 
the dispositions, which are required of all, who would hope for 
acceptance before God. Such a commencement of divine ser- 
vice is peculiarly proper, for we should not rush without con- 
sideration, into the presence of him " to whom all hearts arc 
open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid," 
and who "looks upon the heart," demanding not outward but 
inward homage, — nor should we come without due preparation 
from the cares and distractions of the world, to a service, for 
which we are all naturally unfit, by our carnal affections, our 
love of worldly things and our proud self-confidence. With- 



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out due preparation, we can expect little benefit. It is true, 
we may be suddenly arrested by the grace of God, when we 
are not seeking for him, and he who comes " to scoff, may re- 
main to pray." But he undoubtedly, and he only, has reason 
to expect God's blessing, who comes, with an earnest desire of 
it, and due preparation for his service. " Come," says the 
Homily on the time and place of prayer, "come with an heart 
sifted and cleansed from worldly and carnal affections and 
desires ; shake off all vain thoughts, which may hinder 
thee from God's true service. The bird, when she will fly, 
shaketh her wings ; shake and prepare thyself to fly higher 
than all the birds in the air, that after thy duty duly done in 
this earthly temple and church, thou mayest fly up, and be 
received into the glorious temple of God in heaven." 

The three first sentences are not in the English prayer book, 
but were added, when the Liturgy was revised for the use of 
the American Church. They are very suitable as preparatory 
to worship, but are not entirely "congruous," to use the words 
of Bishop Browne]!, " with the order of our service." We com- 
mence our service with confession, and all the sentences in the 
English prayer book, are either exhortations and encourage- 
ments to penitence and confession, or examples of them. They 
thus exactly harmonize with that part of God's service, which 
the compilers of the Liturgy rightly judged most suitable for 
the commencement of public worship, and point out also to the 
worshiper the most necessary preparation for it. That which 
qualifies us for God's blessing, prepares us also for his service, 
and to what is the promise made but to penitence and confession , 

It is a pious practice, which ought to be maintained, for 
each individual to seek God's blessing by private prayer, when 
he enters the church. To promote this practice, the sentences 
are here, with more or less alteration, turned into prayers for 
this use. As the sentences point out the proper preparation 
for worship, so they furnish us with the proper subjects for 
such prayers, and the prayers themselves, while they serve 
the purpose for which fhey were especially prepared, may 
also serve in some measure as comments upon the sentences. 

It cannot be considered as impertinent, to add to these re- 
marks on preparation for divine service, that the unfeigned 
humility, which, as implied in confession, has been spoken of, 
as above all others, the proper feeling, will lead us to put away 
all ostentation and self-display in God's house. Simplicity 



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both, of dress and demeanor is alone consistent with that self- 
abasement, to which our service leads ns at its very com- 
mencement, and sets forth as the foundation of acceptable 
worship. God alone should be exalted in his house. 

Note B. — Page 23. On the Absolution, 

Some persons confound this Declaration of Absolution, with 
the Absolution of the Romish Church. But a little attention 
to it will show their error. In the first sentence, the priest 
sets forth his commission — to do what ? To pardon ? No ; 
but, as the minister of God, to declare remission of sins to the 
penitent. In the next sentence, he proceeds to execute his com- 
mission. And how does he do it ? By simply declaring that 
"He," i. e. God, "pardoneth and absolveth" — whom? — "all 
those who do truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy 
gospel." Does he pretend to decide upon their repentance 
and faith ? Not at all. The words "truly" and "unfeign- 
edly," are designed to turn the thoughts of the worshipers to 
that great Being, who searches the hearts, as the one, with 
whom, in this matter, they have to do. The priest proceeds, 
"Wherefore let us beseech him," (fee, not setting himself up 
as the pardoner,. but uniting himself with the penitents, who 
seek absolution from God. 

Nothing can come more properly after confession, than the 
declaration of God's pardoning mercy. And nothing can be 
more proper than this form. The minister exhibits his author- 
ity, and declares his message, and then places himself under 
its benefits, modestly acknowledging "the earthen vessel," 
(2 Cor. 4:7.) through which the message is conveyed. 

Note C. — Page 47. On the Descent to Hell, and the Interme- 
diate State. 

The -place of departed spirits, as in the Rubric. Christ, the 
God-man, ascended to heaven after his resurrection, and until 
the resurrection at the last day, the souls of the faithful de- 
parted will not be admitted to the full and final reward of the 
blessed in heaven. Between their death and resurrection, 
their souls are in paradise — Abraham's bosom — the place of de- 
parted spirits — happy — resting from their labors — their works 
following them, but " waiting for the adoption, to wit, the re- 
demption of the body," before they can be prepared to ascend 
and be, in the most perfect and glorious sense, " ever with the 



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Lord." Not till the resurrection cometh the judgment, and 
not till the judgment are men sent to the places of their ever- 
lasting abode. This appears to be the simple doctrine of the 
Scriptures. 

Luke 14 : 4. Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of 
the just. 

1 Cor. 15 : 52 — 54. The dead shall be raised incorruptible. 
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal 
must put on immortality. Then shall be brought to pass the 
saying, Death is swallowed up in victory. 

1 Thess 4:16, 17. The dead in Christ shall rise first. Then 
we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together 
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so 
shall we ever be icith the Lord. 

Col. 3 : 4. "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then 
shall ye also appear with him in glory. 

Dan. 12 : 2. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the 
earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to 
shame and everlasting contempt. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly 
out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judg- 
ment to be 'punished. 

In these passages the time of final reward, both of the 
righteous and the wicked, is placed at the resurrection. 

The doctrine of an intermediate state, seems to result neces- 
sarily from that of the resurrection of the body. If the body is 
to be raised, and the soul reunited to it, that the man may, in his 
entire nature, receive the reward of his works — that the Chris- 
tian, in his glorified body, may be more perfectly fitted to be 
with and like his lord who has gone before him into heaven, 
with a similar glorified body — and that the very nature, over 
which Satan had triumphed, and which death had made its 
own, being raised to heaven in immortal beauty, should for ever 
grace the victory of the Messiah ; and on the other hand, that 
those who had sinned in, by, and for, the body, should also in 
the body suffer the vengeance of God ; — then must the state 
of souls between death and the resurrection be other than it 
will be after that glorious event. — What the condition of souls 
in this intermediate state may be, we know not, save that 
those of the righteous are happy, and those of the wicked « in 
torment." " Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord," says 
St. John, u frcm henceforth" and our blessed Saviour told the 



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penitent thief that he should be with him that day in paradise. 
- — The notion then, that souls, in the intermediate state, are 
insensible, is contrary to Scripture. 

Where souls, in this state, may be, it is unnecessary to in- 
quire. What Scripture teaches, and the creed intends, is that 
there is such an intermediate state, and that the place of de- 
parted and separate spirits is not the same as that, which they 
shall have after their reunion with their risen bodies, and they 
shall have received the assignment of their eternal homes, at 
the day of judgment. The common notion, especially of those 
Christians, among whom these ancient symbols of the faith 
have fallen into disuse, has abolished all this, and sends the 
souls of the departed to their full reward or punishment, im- 
mediately after death, and at the judgment recalls them from 
heaven and from hell, to receive a sentence, of which they 
have already long been in possession. 

I suppose that the great objection to this doctrine, springs 
from the feelings of those, who have lost friends, and delight 
in believing, that they are in the very heaven of God, burning 
like seraphs before his throne. But, possibly, for it is all 
conjecture, in this intermediate state, the departed may retain 
more sympathy with the present world, although so unlike what 
they were here, than they can have in their glorified nature, and 
in the perfect presence of God, for, as our Saviour says, in reply 
to a question, which involved the continuance of our present 
relations to each other ; " in the resurrection they neither marry, 
nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in 
heaven." — This state is one of expectation, and is it not, there- 
fore, one of prayer ? Witness the prayer of souls under the 
altar, (Rev. 6 : 10.) — and that surviving friends are remem- 
bered, witness the anxieties of Dives, though in torment. 

After the death of Christ, doubtless his human soul went to 
the place of departed human spirits, and was with the souls of 
the righteous departed, preaching to them as St. Peter says, till 
his resurrection. The passage, which I have quoted against this 
article of the creed (Acts 2 : 27.) was explained by thje early 
Christians, upon this ground. And they considered the doctrine 
expressly taught by St. Peter (1 Pet. 3:19.) " By which also 
he went and preached unto the spirits in prison." " In the ear- 
liest times, (says Knapp, Theology, II. 199.) this passage was 
universally considered as denoting the continuance of Christ in 
Hades, and this meaning is undoubtedly the most natural, and 



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best suited to the words, the context, and all the ideas of 
antiquity. But as this meaning does not accord with modern 
ideas, various other explanations have been attempted," &c. &c. 

"Their souls," says Irenssus, Bp. of Lyons, (Ob. A. D. 202.) 
speaking of the order of the glorification and resurrection of 
true Christians, "shall go to an invisible place appointed by 
God, where they shall tarry till the resurrection, in continual 
expectation of it. After which, receiving their bodies, and 
rising perfectly, i. e. corporallv, thev shall come to the presence 
of God." Sir P. King's Hist Ap. Creed, p. 205. So Justin 
Marty]- Ob. A. D. 163.) says, "All souls do not die, but those 
of the godly remain in a better place, and those of the un- 
godly in a worse, expecting the day of judgment." (ib.) 

HeU, in the ancient English dialect, was used, in the larger 
sense, for the general receptacle of all souls whatever, being 
derived from the old Saxon word Hil, to hide, or the participle 
Helled, hidden. It was equivalent therefore, to the Greek 
Hades. Its present limited signification has tended probably 
to embarrass this subject, in the mind of the English reader. 

This article of the creed was insisted on by the ancients, be-- 
cause "it afforded a weighty argument against the followers of 
Apollinarius, who denied the existence of a human soul in 
Christ." It has received a great variety of interpretations, as 
» may be seen in bishop Pearson. That which 1 have given, 
following the Rubric, appears to me to give the simple sense 
of Holy Scripture, and of the ancient church, free from the 
additions which, as is wont, began very early to cluster about 
a point so mysterious. — For a brief but distinct view of the 
subject, see Knapp's Theology, above referred to, and for a 
beautiful speculation on the "state of souls," see Saturday 
Evening, Chap. 24. 

Note D. — Page 58. On Prayer for the Clergy. 

If Christians wish to "be refreshed" by their ministers, 
(Rom. 15 : 32.) — or to have "that which is lacking in their 
faith " perfected, (1 Thess. 3 ; 10.) — or to see the word of the 
Lord prospering in the conversion of souls, (2 Thess. 3 : 1.) — 
let them pray, that they may have large measures of the 
" Spirit of grace." For as saith the Homily for Whitsunday, 
" YV r hich thing [i. e. the visible descent of the Holy Ghost, on 
the day of pentecost,] was undoubtedly to teach the apostles 
and all other men, that it is He, which giveth utterance and 



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eloquence in preaching the gospel ; that it is He, which open- 
eth the mouth to declare the mighty works of God ; that it is 
He, which engendereth a burning zeal towards God's word, 
and giveth all men a tongue, yea, a tiery tongue, so that they 
may boldly and cheerfully profess the truth in the face of the 
whole world. 55 " After this sort, 55 says the Homily on Prayer, 
part 3, « did the congregation continually pray for Peter, at 
Jerusalem, and for Paul, among the Gentiles, to the great 
increase and furtherance of Christ 5 s Gospel. And if we, fol- 
lowing their good example herein, will study to do the like, 
doubtless it cannot be expressed, bow greatly we shall both 
help ourselves, and also please God. 55 

Note E. — Page 64. On the Personality and Worship of the 
Holy Ghost. 

That the Holy Ghost is something divine, (<n Ssjov) cannot be 
doubted. The most important question to be discussed, relates 
therefore to his 'personality. If a person, he is God. Let us 
see how the language of Scripture bears upon this point, 

The Holy Ghost is called (John 14 : 16, 26 ; and 15 : 26, <fcc.) 
the Comforter, or as some render it, Helper, not Help. — He is the 
author of spiritual gifts, (1 Cor. 12 : 4 — 11,) and not therefore to 
be confounded with the gifts. — He is said to hear, to speak, to re- 
ceive, cfec. all of which are the acts of a person, (John 16:13, (fee.) 
— He appears as a personal agent, in sending Paul and Barnabas 
on a mission through Cyprus, Pamphylia, <fec. (Acts 13:2, 4.) — 
Again, he appears as a personal agent, when he is represented 
(Acts 20: 28.) as having made the elders of the church at 
Ephesus, overseers of the flock. And so in many other places. 

In the formula of Baptism,(Matt. 28 : 19.) he is mentioned 
in distinction from the Father and the Son. So also, in the 
apostolic benediction, (2 Cor. 13,14.) — In none of these pas- 
sages does he appear as the personification of some attribute 
of the Deity, or merely as a divine influence, but always as a 
personal agent. 

Is he to be worshipped, as he is in this supplication ? If 
God, certainly Have we any examples of the worship of the 
Holy Ghost in the New Testament ? Paul says, (Rom. 9:1.) 
"my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost. 5 ' 
" This must be considered as an act of divine worship, (says 
Knapp, Theol. II. 283.) since both Mosaic and Christian rules 
forbid swearing by any but the supreme God, Matt. 5 : 33 — 36. 



33 



To swear "by God, and to honor or worship him, were synon- 
ymous terms in the old Testament." See Jer. 5:7; Dent. 
6 : 13 ; Josh. 23 : 7 ; Isa. 65 : 16. — Again, the apostolic bene- 
diction (2 Cor. 13 : 14.) is the invocation of a blessing. 

Is he to be worshipped separately, as here ? Why not, if he 
has a distinct agency in the work of man's redemption ? And 
indeed is not the distinct worship of the Holy Ghost, as in 
this passage, important in its bearing upon our views and 
feelings in regard to his peculiar and important office ? 

Note F. — Page 68. On the Importance of a Right Belief 
The petition, to be delivered "from false doctrine and heresy," 
is important, for our opinions are the promises of our actions, 
and only a right faith is likely to be followed by a right prac- 
tice. It is quite absurd to represent the doctrines of religion 
as matters of minor consequence, upon the ground of the su- 
preme importance of a pious life. Who lives piously, but 
because he believes piously ? Why did God reveal the truth to 
us, why did Christ "come to bear witness " to it, and why is 
the Holy Ghost sent to "lead men into all truth," if a right 
belief is not of fundamental importance ? Corrupt public opin- 
ion, and you corrupt public morals. Corrupt the truth of the 
gospel, and it loses in proportion its healing energy. " The truth 
shall make you free." What can be of more practical impor- 
tance to the Christian, e. g. than to know the grounds of accep- 
tance with God*? And who knows not how completely at variance 
are the notions of those, "who call themselves Christians." 
upon this point, and that in consequence of their different 
doctrinal views concerning the nature and office of Christ. 

Note G. — Page 70. On tlie Obsecrations. 

The striking appeals to God, which commence with this 
passage, "by the mystery of thy Holy incarnation," &c. are 
of the form called Ob.sccrcdiooi, by the older writers ; but apt 
and beautiful as they are, they have not escaped misappre- 
hension and censure. A brief .consideration of their nature 
and appropriateness may not be out of place. 

The 44th Psaim is a prayer composed for the church in a 
season of calamity. How does it commence ? With an ap- 
peal to past instances of God's goodness, in view of which the 
church rouses herself to confidence in him, and in this con- 
fidence urges her prayer for deliverance. t; Arise for our 
help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake." 



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So again in the 74th Psalm. The prophet complains of the 
desolations of the sanctuary, and appeals to God's past mer- 
cies, v. 2, " Remember thy congregation, which thou hast 
purchased of old." And verses 12 — 15, " Thou didst divide the 
sea by thy strength," cfec. And he founds his petitions upon 
the appeal, v. 22, "Arise, O God, plead thine own cause," &c. 

The same turn of pious thought occurs in the 85th Psalm. 

Why may not the Christian make the more forcible appeal 
to the infinite mercies of God as shown, at every step in the 
great work of redemption, for the encouragement of his faith 
under trials and afflictions? liay, can he, without guilt, 
neglect to fortify his soul, with such proofs of the transcendent 
mercy of God as have been exhibited to him in the incarna- 
tion, the agony and bloody sweat, the cross and passion, the 
death, resurrection, and ascension of his eternal Son ? The 
spontaneous action of a right mind would lead directly to this 
method. Suppose a godly man, upon his knees, in distress, 
tempted to doubt God's mercy, and struggling with unbelief. 
He can utter nothing, and hardly send up a desire to God, till 
he remembers the Son of God, his agony, and his death, en- 
dured for all — for him. The spell is burst, and he exclaims, 
" I must believe thee, I do believe thee, Almighty God ; though 
thou slay me, I will trust and hope in thee." 

When we call to mind, as in these obsecrations, the appear- 
ance of God in mortal flesh, and the unmeasured sufferings of 
his human nature in the garden, and upon the cross, and even 
those apparently minor circumstances, his baptism and cir- 
cumcision, which were nevertheless necessary to his fulfilling 
all righteousness, as one "made under the law," that he 
might be a perfect Saviour— and remember all this as done 
for us, how can we fail to find that in our hearts, which St. 
Paul so well expresses, (Rom. 8 : 32.) "He that spared not 
his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not 
with him also freely give us all things ?" And when we 
call to mind the glorious resurrection and ascension of Christ, 
and the fulfilment of his promise in the coming of the Holy 
Ghost, all evincing that his sufferings had been accepted by the 
Father, and that he is now enthroned in the .plenitude of his 
mediatorial power and glory; — how can we fail to feel an in- 
creased confidence in drawing nigh to God ? As we go on 
naming, in our appeals to God, one after another, these demon- 
strations of Christ's compassion, and God's love in Christ, our 



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faith should rise, at every step until we can boldly enter into 
the Holiest, by the new and living way, which Christ has con- 
secrated for ns, through his flesh, and draw near to the very 
throne, with a true heart, and in the full assurance of faith. 

Note H. — Page 80. On the Worship of Christ. 

Here, — where our supplications are addressed so explicitly to 
Christ, and we follow up our requests with repeated and urgent 
petitions, addressed to him, in his different capacities, as the 
Son of God,— as the Lamb of God who was slain for us, — as the 
Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah, consecrated to be our High 
Priest and King, — it is proper to consider a little more fully the 
subject of worshipping him. The passages quoted in the text, 
will go far to show the propriety of our practice in this respect, 
but it will appear clearer, when we consider carefully the ex- 
amples in the New Testament, of prayer addressed to Christ. 

In Acts 7 : 59, we have a palpable instance. " Lord Jesus," 
said the dying Stephen, "receive my spirit.' 5 

We find another in Paul's prayer for the removal of the 
"thorn in the flesh," 2 Cor. 12 : 8. "I sought the Lord thrice, 
that it might be removed from me." Whom did he mean by the 
Lord? The immediate context determines, v. 9, "And he [the 
Lord] said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my 
strength is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly then ex- 
claimed the apostle, do I submit, nay, " I will rather glory in my 
infirmities." Why ? "that the pozcer of Christ may rest upon 
me." It was Christ, then, whose strength was to be made 
perfect in his weakness, and Christ to whom he thrice prayed. 

It appears to me probable, that when "the Lord" is ad- 
dressed in many other passages, the Lord Jesus Christ is in- 
tended, although the context does not always, as in the instances 
above, afford decisive proof. In Acts 1 : 24, the context makes 
this probable. "And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, 
which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these 
two thou hast chosen." Peter, in making the proposal for the 
choice of an apostle, had just spoken of Jesus, as "the Lord 
Jesus." Add to this, that " the Lord " is the common appella- 
tion of Christ. — that the Lord Jesus appointed the other apos- 
tles, — that he appeared miraculously to commission Paul, (Acts 
9:5.) and the fact, shown by the above examples, that Christ 
was prayed to under the title, Lord, and the probability becomes 
great, that he is the "Lord" addressed in the prayer under 



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consideration. The addition, « who knowest the heart of all 
men," agrees with what is said of Christ, John 2 : 25. "He 
knew what was in man," and with what he says of himself, 
Rev. 2: 23, " I am he which searcheth the reins and the hearts." 

Prayer to Christ is spoken of in 1 John 5 : 14, 15. « These 
tiling's," says John, v. 13, "have I written unto you that believe 
on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye 
have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the 
Son of God, And this is the confidence that we have in him, 
That if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us; 
and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know 
that we have the petitions that we desired of him." Here 
the person spoken of, the Son of God, is the same through the 
whole passage. 

The passages which supplicate " the grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ," are all prayers to him. Rom. 1 : 7.—1 Cor. 16 : 23. 
—2 Cor. 13 : 14.— Gal. 6 : 18.— Eph. 6 : 23.— Phil. 4 : 23.— 1 
Thess. 5': 28.-2 Thess. 3 : 18.— 2 Tim. 4 : 22.— Philem. 25.— 
Kev. 22 : 21. In the first Epistle to the Thessalonians, (3 : 11 
— 13.) we have a remarkable example of this kind of prayer 
to Christ. " ISTow God himself and our Father, and our Lord 
Jesus Christ direct our way unto you. And the Lord [i. e. 
the Lord, whom he had just named] make you to increase 
and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, 
even as we do toward you ; to the end he may stablish your 
hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at 
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints/' 

From these passages, we may learn that praying to the Son 
of God is one way, in which we are to "honor him even as we 
honor the ^Father." John 5 : 23. — We may see that, with the 
apostles, tlie declaration of Christ " that all power was given 
to him in heaven and in earth," was not a dead letter ; and 
that in holding him to be "head over all things, to the 
church," (Eph. 1 : 22.) they believed, that, as members of it, 
they might look to him for all their wants. 

In our supplications to Christ, what do Ave more than follow 
the examples of the apostles, recorded in Holy Scripture, and 
sanctioned by its doctrines, and transmitted to us from their 
days, also through the ancient Liturgies ? And if Christ is 
"head over all things, to the church" is there not a peculiar 
aptness in such supplications ? 



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